PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Apple Pay users may soon be able to use a feature in the Wallet app to make payments by scanning a QR code. Since its launch, Apple Pay transactions at brick-and-mortar retailers relied on NFC and an iPhone near the payment terminal to make a contactless purchase. AppleInsider reported the U.S.

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JULY 15, 2020

Apple Card — the iPhone-based credit product launched last summer by Goldman Sachs , Apple and Mastercard — is expected to be a hot topic on Goldman’s earnings call Wednesday (July 15). To use Apple Pay, customers tap the card icon in the Afterpay app, which then activates the Afterpay card in the Apple wallet.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

It often seems that technology makes retail innovation. For those who haven’t heard, Ive, the chief design officer for Apple, is leaving the company. Apple will be a client, the company has confirmed. Ive has earned a place in the history books, at least when it comes to the history of this particular era of retail.

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JUNE 20, 2019

Apple has expanded the test phase of its credit card with Goldman Sachs to its retail employees, according to a report by Bloomberg. In addition, Apple is already discussing expanding the card into Europe. Workers get the same APR that Apple has been advertising for everyone, which is between 13.24 percent and 24.24

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

Apple announced Tuesday (Jan. 22) that Target, Taco Bell, Hy-Vee supermarkets in the Midwest, Speedway convenience stores and Jack in the Box all now support Apple Pay , its digital payment service. and 65 percent of retail locations around the U.S. support Apple Pay. and 65 percent of retail locations around the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Apple is updating its augmented reality (AR) Quick Look feature to enable merchants to sell its products in-app for an instant AR experience, according to reports on Thursday (Feb. The retailer provides the 3D model and Apple uses ARKit – handling everything from scaling to lighting – to display it as it should look.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Nike is offering 3 percent cash back to Apple Card users when a Nike product is purchased using Apple Pay , TechCrunch reported Monday (Nov. The deal applies to all Nike products when purchases are made using the Apple Card through the Nike website, retail stores, Nike Training Club and more. Apple Pay went live on Oct.

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Accenture

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In October 2024, Apple is set to open its NFC (Near-Field Communication) technology using the Secure Element (SE) to third-party platforms, ushering in a new era of competition and innovation in digital wallets. appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

To provide a soundtrack for brick-and-mortar retail stores, Apple has been quietly testing out an Apple Music version for use in business, including at Harrods and Levi Strauss & Co. Harrods, for instance, began using the Apple Music for Business offering a few weeks ago in its store in London.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

To make sure its retail staffers are healthy, Apple is giving its hourly employees, with the inclusion of retail workers, unlimited sick leave if they experience coronavirus symptoms, 9to5Mac reported. The tech company’s retail workers reportedly don’t have to send in a doctor’s note for their time away from work.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Apple , in what a company press release calls a "momentous" day on Tuesday (Nov. 10), has rolled out the "next generation" of Macs, including a new MacBook Air, a 13-inch MacBook Pro and a Mac Mini powered by the M1 chip specifically designed by Apple for the Mac. billion in sales, up from $12.5 billion year over year, PYMNTS reports.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

Tuesday (June 16) is marking a bit of a one-two punch on the Continent for Apple. The European Union announced that it is opening not one but two antitrust investigations into the tech giant, focusing on the company’s App Store and Apple Pay. “It It also reserves the ‘tap and go’ functionality of iPhones to Apple Pay.

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JUNE 25, 2020

As instances of the coronavirus increase in Texas, Apple will shutter seven of its Houston-vicinity retail locations once again. Apple closed shops again in North Carolina, Florida, Arizona and South Carolina last week for like rationale, and has reportedly re-shuttered a total of 18 retail locations across the U.S. “We

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

With most of Apple ’s retail stores remaining closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the tech giant is introducing a new hub to streamline the shop-from-home experience. Further, Apple is offering multiple ways to pay, including installment options. billion and a profit of $11.25 billion and a profit of $11.25

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

In payment methods, Circle K announced a cashierless checkout pilot as convenience stores advance retail innovations. And in education, Google and Apple are facilitating students’ return to class with the help of technology. All this, Today in Data. 7.3K: Minimum number of Circle K stores in operation in the U.S.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 25, 2019

Apple today unveiled its plans to launch a virtual credit card product with Goldman Sachs and Mastercard this summer called Apple Card, which will reside within the Wallet app on Apple devices.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2020

In a video conference call with its workforce last weekend, Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s senior vice president of retail and people, encouraged employees to serve customers from home, Bloomberg News reported. . “If Apple has been forced to rethink its retail operations as COVID-19 cases continue to increase across the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

And you can see it in the hustle by retailers and brands large and small to pivot their businesses and business models — and the disclaimers on just about every retail site starting a week or more ago that orders placed online might not make it in time for Christmas. Apple Pay’s Digital-First Disconnect. consumers — 47.2

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JANUARY 23, 2020

With new fitness collaborations that make it simpler for Apple Watch owners to accrue rewards, purchase items and monitor workouts, Apple unveiled its “Apple Watch Connected” gym effort. It comes at no cost for fitness facilities to be a part of the program, as long as they satisfy certain conditions of Apple.

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MARCH 22, 2020

With Apple stores closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, people who left their iPhones or other devices for repair won’t be able to retrieve them until further notice, according to reports. Customers were given a two-day window to pick up their devices beyond the official March 14 closing of Apple stores.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

It’s a question that USA Technologies, a leader in digitizing payments for unattended retail , wanted answered with respect to the use of mobile payments to buy goodies in vending machines. As they say, survey says … it does … and for a very particular mobile payments provider: Apple Pay. Here are the highlights: Go Big, Go Digital.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

Buyers of Apple’s new iPhone 12, which will be available Oct. 23 in the United States for some models and in November for others, will get three free months of the company’s subscription Arcade service and one year of free Apple TV+, the company noted in a Tuesday (Oct. per month each for Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade after free trial.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2019

Only a few years after a full rollout of Apple Pay, JCPenney has reportedly dropped the Apple Pay digital payment service in its app and brick-and-mortar stores. The retailer’s support account on Twitter noted the change during the weekend, 9 to 5 Mac reported. support Apple Pay and 74 of the leading 100 merchants in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

As China continues to grapple with the coronavirus, Apple is at work on plans to reopen its offices and retail stores in the country. O’Brien continued, “Apple’s Retail Stores are actively working to reopen at a date that will be determined next week. 1, AppleInsider reported.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2019

The Apple Card is planning to offer 0 percent installment financing on iPhones by the end of 2019, 9to5Mac reported on Saturday (Dec. During Apple’s October earnings call , chief executive officer Tim Cook hinted that the Apple Card was planning 24-month 0 percent financing for iPhone purchases. Apple Card?

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

Retail CEOs faced a parade of problems in 2020’s first six months, but some executives look ready to set off plenty of fireworks in the year’s back half. . Here’s a July 4 th look at some top executives in retail who seem ready to declare their independence from business as usual in 2020’s final six months. . Tim Cook, CEO, Apple.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2019

The race to 5G retail is on. Recent news out of Asia serves as solid foreshadowing of how 5G could enhance retail in the coming few years. Recent news out of Asia serves as solid foreshadowing of how 5G could enhance retail in the coming few years. 5G Retail Plans. That said, Apple is unlikely to wait too long.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

For a company that doesn’t have a retail location open outside of China or South Korea because of the coronavirus pandemic, Apple acquitted itself nicely in the second quarter. In this difficult environment, our users are depending on Apple products in renewed ways to stay connected, informed, creative and productive.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

The Apple event, heavy on subscription commerce offerings, took place at time when the company is trying to find more revenue from services given recent stumbles with iPhone sales — a move that seems to be pleasing at least some investors lately. Magazine Subscriptions. One selling point of this service?

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BankInovation

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

has expanded an internal test of its upcoming “buy now, pay later” service to the company’s thousands of retail employees, a sign the long-awaited feature is finally nearing a public release. The tech giant contacted retail staffers this week to offer them a test version of the service, according to Apple workers who […]

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

As Apple makes a broader push to expand its services business, the technology company has invited certain customers to apply for the Apple Card. The card is in partnership with Goldman Sachs , and Apple CEO Tim Cook said during the company’s third quarter earnings call that it would be released in August, CNBC reported.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

A new Apple service will let customers browse shops in person in a safe and convenient way through setting appointments, according to 9 to 5 Mac. The solution, Apple found, is to allow customers the opportunity to schedule a shopping trip ahead of time. However, several Apple stores are still not open for going inside.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

And not just any tech giant – it’s Apple, the company whose payment services were touted (by at least some) as a credit card killer. News came Monday (March 25) that Apple – specifically, through its payments service Apple Pay – has launched the Apple Card. And so a tech giant gets into the credit card game.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The Apple-watching website 9to5 Mac said the new phone will charge similar to the Apple Watch, with its back against a magnetic disc attached to a charging source. Apple said in its filmed presentation, which can be seen on YouTube , that the new iPhones will include a number of camera enhancements. on Tuesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2016

Apple Pay should, theoretically, have an easier time of things in the U.K., are generally capped at £30 ($43), and generally, Apple falls under that limitation. This technology distinguishes Apple Pay from standard contactless cards and dispenses with the £30 limit. It is unknown how many retailers in the U.K.

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APRIL 1, 2020

For the second consecutive month, Apple Inc. will allow its Apple Card users to defer April payments without interest or penalties to ease financial pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. The only requirement is that Apple Card users must opt into the program by messaging a support representative via the Wallet app on an Apple device.

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JUNE 1, 2020

For the third consecutive month, Apple and Goldman Sachs are allowing customers to skip their Apple Card payments without interest charges due to the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “We While customers can take advantage of the payment respite, any purchases made with the Apple Card must eventually be paid.

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