Apple

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four tech companies along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

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Apple’s iWatch Values Brains Over Beauty
Apple’s iWatch Values Brains Over Beauty
August 27, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

Apple’s long-rumored iWatch will have to work as a fashion accessory, but more important are the implications of iOS-based wearables on the accessibility and ubiquity...

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Square’s $6 Billion Valuation
Square’s $6 Billion Valuation
August 27, 2014  |  Mobile

Privately-held Square has authorized a tender offer that places the company’s self-declared value at $6 billion, CNBC reported. To put that into context, Square’s similar...

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Who’s On Your 2014 Fantasy Payments Team?
Who’s On Your 2014 Fantasy Payments Team?
August 25, 2014  |  Karen Webster

Even though the official end of Summer isn’t for another few weeks, the impending turn of the calendar pages from August to September sure signals...

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PayPal Rolls Out One Touch Payments
PayPal Rolls Out One Touch Payments
August 20, 2014  |  News

PayPal has unveiled a new mobile app feature that lets shoppers pay with a single touch to their screens. The feature, dubbed One Touch, will...

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Amazon Rolls Out mPOS, Undercuts Fees From Square, PayPal
Amazon Rolls Out mPOS, Undercuts Fees From Square, PayPal
August 13, 2014  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Amazon on Wednesday (Aug. 13) introduced its own mPOS package—to be called Amazon Local Register—and focused on the tune it knows that SMB retailers want to...

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PYMNTS Talks Back: PayPal’s Marcus Jumps to Facebook, The Payments Implications of the Apple Ecosystem, Currency Issues at the World Cup and More
PYMNTS Talks Back: PayPal’s Marcus Jumps to Facebook, The Payments Implications of the Apple Ecosystem,...
June 14, 2014  |  Hmmm

Some pretty big stuff got the payments industry talking this week. PayPal’s President moves to Facebook, World Cup revelers can’t get Brazilian currency and a...

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PYMNTS Talks Back: What Apple Did And Didn’t Say at the WWDC, Why SMBs May Be Dumping EMV … and more
PYMNTS Talks Back: What Apple Did And Didn’t Say at the WWDC, Why SMBs May...
June 07, 2014  |  Cool

Apple’s WWDC showing sort of got PYMNTS people talking about Karen Webster’s piece on Apple’s potential mobile payments ambitions. So did reports that small merchants...

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Apple: Payments? Isn’t There An App For That?
Apple: Payments? Isn’t There An App For That?
June 03, 2014  |  Controversial

Once again, Apple has disappointed those theorizing this is the year the maker of iPhones and iPads launches its own payment scheme. Discussions at the...

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