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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.
Does Apple Pay Growth Signal Contactless Transit Boost?
August 2, 2018
A certain amount of intellectual satisfaction — irony, perhaps — came from the conference call Wednesday (July 31) for Apple’s latest earnings report. In it, CEO Tim Cook credited much of ... Read moreMobile Wallets: Where’s The S-Curve?
February 26, 2018
The classic product lifecycle that all of us had drilled into our heads in business school tells us that at the three-year mark for any new product, it’s top of ... Read moreJPMorgan Claims Apple iPhone X Production Down 50 Percent
January 24, 2018
Apple’s iPhone sales came into question Wednesday (Jan. 23) after JPMorgan warned in a research report that growth in sales of high-end smartphones has hit a plateau. The tech company ... Read moreReality Check Looms For Apple iPhone Sales?
September 28, 2017
Are expectations for iPhone sales, including the newest models yet to bow, realistic?
Maybe not, according to recent news from Deutsche Bank, which released a report on Wednesday (Sept. 27) that ... Read moreApple’s iPhone 8 Preorders Weaker Than Past Iterations Of The Device
September 21, 2017
Apple’s shares were under pressure in trading on Wednesday (Sept. 20) after a Wall Street firm said preorders for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are weak.
According to ... Read moreWhat Walmart Pay Knows That Apple Pay Doesn’t
August 7, 2017
A lot of exciting things have happened in payments — and commerce, more broadly — over the last three years.
PayPal became pals with the card networks and their issuers.
India demonetized its currency ... Read moreJPMorgan Cuts Q4 Shipment Forecast For iPhone
July 20, 2017
With production delays expected to hurt the launch of the OLED version of the iPhone, JPMorgan has moved to lower its forecast for Apple’s iPhone shipments during the fourth quarter. ... Read morePacific Crest: Investors Better Off Owning Alphabet, Citing Weak iPhone 2017 Sales
June 6, 2017
Apple saw Pacific Crest Securities downgrade its investment rating on the stock to sector weight from overweight, saying in a research note to clients that while Apple is expecting strong performance ... Read moreApple Revises Down iPhone 8 Build Forecast
March 28, 2017
Apple has revised down its build forecasts for the highly anticipated iPhone 8, according to Susquehanna.
The latest forecasts, based on recent meetings in Taiwan and South Korea, indicate that Apple ... Read moreInvestors Encouraged To Buy Apple Shares As Market Undervalues Services
February 14, 2017
Apple stock closed at an all-time high on Monday (Feb. 13), right after Goldman Sachs raised its price target on the stock and UBS released a report saying that, if ... Read more
Why One-Size POS Does Not Fit All SMBs
January 15, 2019
From hardware to software, from cash registers to digital wallets, the way commerce is done at smaller firms (SMBs) is changing, especially as mobile makes inroads into the way we ... Read moreUnionPay Opens API To International Developers
January 14, 2019
UnionPay International, a subsidiary of Chinese financial services company UnionPay, is giving developers all around the world access to 18 of its mobile internet payment products, the company announced on ... Read morePayPal Hires New CMO
January 14, 2019
PayPal appointed Allison Johnson, a marketing veteran with over two decades of experience in her field, as the company’s new executive VP and chief marketing officer (CMO) on Monday (Jan. ... Read moreCES Gives View Of Growing Connected Car Ecosystem
January 14, 2019
CES is over, but it left a clearer impression of what’s coming down the road for the connected vehicle ecosystem, an emerging world that will run on payments and commerce.
Look ... Read moreData Dive, New Releases Edition: Apple, Affirm And U.S. Bank Regulators
January 14, 2019
The month of January is considered a mixed bag for movie buffs. While a lot of award hopefuls appear on screens in January, the big push for the serious award contenders really ... Read moreToday In Data: Digital Upgrades Where You’d Least Expect Them
January 14, 2019
There are places where one would expect that technological innovations would play a big part in making things run better: banking, finance, payments and wearables are all favored topics here ... Read moreSamsung Takes On Xiaomi In India
January 14, 2019
Samsung will take on rival Xiaomi in India with the launch of an affordable smartphone series in the country before it is released globally later on in the year.
Data shows ... Read moreWhy Africa Is eCommerce’s Next Great Frontier
January 14, 2019
Africa is home to 54 countries and hundreds of millions of smartphone users — young, tech-savvy and ready to embrace digital payments and banking. Emergent’s Saqib Nazir talks about the opportunities ... Read moreBots And Outside-The-Bots, CES 2019: Payments And Commerce Highlights
January 12, 2019
There was a lot about CES in Las Vegas last week that was predictable.
Google and Amazon competed for voice-activated mindshare. There seemed to be as many new smart devices as ... Read moreThe Big Voice Showdown In Vegas
January 11, 2019
The floor of CES was once again flooded with smart devices, created to make everything from personal grooming to household management to the daily commute a smoother and more seamless ... Read more
TD Ameritrade Enables Instant Brokerage Account Funding Via Apple Pay
January 15, 2019
TD Ameritrade, the Omaha, Nebraska online brokerage, announced Tuesday (Jan. 15) that it now enables customers to instantly fund a brokerage account with Apple Pay via an Apple Business Chat ... Read moreCFOs’ Goals For The Year: Act Like ‘Tech Titans,’ Prep For Trade Volatility
January 15, 2019
Citi‘s latest report on how the corporate finance world plans to navigate volatility in 2019 suggests chief financial officers (CFOs) have a role model toward which to look: the so-called ... Read moreWhy One-Size POS Does Not Fit All SMBs
January 15, 2019From hardware to software, from cash registers to digital wallets, the way commerce is done at smaller firms (SMBs) is changing, especially as mobile makes inroads into the way we ... Read moreReport: Minority Consumers Grapple With Debt
January 14, 2019
A new report has found that as debt rates have climbed to pre-recession levels, minority consumers are struggling to reach financial parity.
A report from Packaged Facts, “The Financial Services Market: African ... Read moreUnionPay Opens API To International Developers
January 14, 2019UnionPay International, a subsidiary of Chinese financial services company UnionPay, is giving developers all around the world access to 18 of its mobile internet payment products, the company announced on ... Read morePayPal Hires New CMO
January 14, 2019PayPal appointed Allison Johnson, a marketing veteran with over two decades of experience in her field, as the company’s new executive VP and chief marketing officer (CMO) on Monday (Jan. ... Read moreCES Gives View Of Growing Connected Car Ecosystem
January 14, 2019CES is over, but it left a clearer impression of what’s coming down the road for the connected vehicle ecosystem, an emerging world that will run on payments and commerce.
Look ... Read moreRBC: Services Revenue May Not Save Apple
January 14, 2019
Global investment firm RBC Capital Markets sent out a note on Sunday (Jan. 13) saying that Apple’s services revenue growth has slowed to 18 percent year-over-year, when it was expected ... Read moreData Dive, New Releases Edition: Apple, Affirm And U.S. Bank Regulators
January 14, 2019The month of January is considered a mixed bag for movie buffs. While a lot of award hopefuls appear on screens in January, the big push for the serious award contenders really ... Read moreToday In Data: Digital Upgrades Where You’d Least Expect Them
January 14, 2019There are places where one would expect that technological innovations would play a big part in making things run better: banking, finance, payments and wearables are all favored topics here ... Read more
Apple Replaced 11M iPhone Batteries; May Have Lost Billions In Sales
January 15, 2019
Apple’s discounted battery replacement program may have affected the company’s bottom line in the billions, according to reports.
After Apple admitted that it was slowing down aging iPhones based on older ... Read moreTD Ameritrade Enables Instant Brokerage Account Funding Via Apple Pay
January 15, 2019TD Ameritrade, the Omaha, Nebraska online brokerage, announced Tuesday (Jan. 15) that it now enables customers to instantly fund a brokerage account with Apple Pay via an Apple Business Chat ... Read moreCFOs’ Goals For The Year: Act Like ‘Tech Titans,’ Prep For Trade Volatility
January 15, 2019Citi‘s latest report on how the corporate finance world plans to navigate volatility in 2019 suggests chief financial officers (CFOs) have a role model toward which to look: the so-called ... Read moreWhy One-Size POS Does Not Fit All SMBs
January 15, 2019From hardware to software, from cash registers to digital wallets, the way commerce is done at smaller firms (SMBs) is changing, especially as mobile makes inroads into the way we ... Read moreAlibaba Shares Fall On Slowing Chinese Economy
January 14, 2019
Stocks for Alibaba, China’s eCommerce giant, are down 1.7 percent after the president of the company admitted that China’s consumer market is slowing down, according to reports.
“This is a ... Read moreApple HomePod To Arrive In China This Week
January 14, 2019
Apple said it is bringing its Siri-enabled wireless smart speaker HomePod to China and Hong Kong this week, on Jan. 18, according to reports.
The company made the announcement on Sunday ... Read moreCES Gives View Of Growing Connected Car Ecosystem
January 14, 2019CES is over, but it left a clearer impression of what’s coming down the road for the connected vehicle ecosystem, an emerging world that will run on payments and commerce.
Look ... Read moreData Dive, New Releases Edition: Apple, Affirm And U.S. Bank Regulators
January 14, 2019The month of January is considered a mixed bag for movie buffs. While a lot of award hopefuls appear on screens in January, the big push for the serious award contenders really ... Read moreToday In Data: Digital Upgrades Where You’d Least Expect Them
January 14, 2019There are places where one would expect that technological innovations would play a big part in making things run better: banking, finance, payments and wearables are all favored topics here ... Read moreSamsung Takes On Xiaomi In India
January 14, 2019Samsung will take on rival Xiaomi in India with the launch of an affordable smartphone series in the country before it is released globally later on in the year.
Data shows ... Read more