PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2019

From Yelp to Apple , technology companies are providing solutions that could serve retail environments. Apple is teaming with partners such as the Bonobos clothing store and Bird scooters. Special tags can trigger purchases with Apple Pay without the need for a special app. We’re not hiring delivery drivers.”

Entertainment 44

Entertainment Retail Technology Communication 44

PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

Apple , of course, is getting cored, on the heels of a surprise announcement that, in hindsight, should not have been a surprise. 2), CEO Tim Cook said via letter to shareholders that revenues will be lighter than expected, at $84 billion for the quarter and down from a range of $89 billion to $93 billion.

Sales 70

Sales Numbers Retail Accounting 70

PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

With Apple reportedly planning to ship 80 million new iPhones in 2018, which is about 20 percent fewer than its forecast at the same time in 2017, the tech company is seeking less iPhone parts. Shares of Apple fell by 1.5 Additionally, demand for the iPhone X might have soured due to its price tag: It retails for around $1,000.

Forecasting 40

Forecasting Planning Sales Retail 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

It’s a show stopper” were the words that led USA Today ’s coverage of the Apple event and iPhone X launch, while the somewhat more circumspect team at The Washington Post noted that “the bar was high” and that “analysts seemed to think the company hit the mark.” The wait is finally over. Tough crowd. The iPhone 8 Also Makes Its Debut.

Retail 41

Retail Advertising Forecasting Numbers 41

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Such was the the weather, so to speak, at Apple’s annual device rollout event. There were advances, a few interesting upgrades, a plethora of inspirational videos about the historical implications of the forthcoming class of Apple products and a lot of enthusiasm on the part of the Apple team. The New Watch .

Forecasting 40

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

Bird also made news when Apple announced last month that it was teaming up with partners — including Bird — on special tags that can trigger purchases with Apple Pay without the need for a special app.

Transportation 43

Transportation Retail Technology Marketing 43

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In a podcast interview with Karen Webster, Dr. Akli Adjaoute, CEO of Brighterion , a Mastercard company, pointed out that the legacy machine learning and AI currently powering digital assistants like Alexa, Siri and Cortana lack both adaptability and the ability to determine context. Easier said than done. Context In Context.

Concentration 64

Concentration Technology Banking Securities 64

PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

Apple flipped a long-held policy in opening up the iPhone’s NFC chip to developers, Chase decided that it can afford to make its premier rewards card a bit less rewarding and Uber took a pass on an investment from Warren Buffet. Apple Opens up NFC. I’m a great admirer of [Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi],” Buffett told CNBC.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Meanwhile, Apple has spun out at the starting line of the smart speaker race, delaying the release of its HomePod until early 2018. First there was Apple Pay, then Samsung Pay and now, perhaps inevitably, there’s about to be Amazon Pay. In other news, Apple Pay users who used the product to sign up for Postmates Unlimited by Nov.

Nonprofit 46

Nonprofit Invoicing Construction Transportation 46

PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

SiriusXM’s addition of Automatic to its connected-car products, which came with a price tag of just over $100 million, will allow the broadcasting company to strengthen its position in the burgeoning connected-vehicle services space.

eCommerce 40

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen told investors last year, “Today, households that engage in our seamless offerings, engaging digitally and with our physical stores, spend more per week than households that do not. million people who will use Apple Pay,” the firm noted. The report said that 23.4 That puts it slightly ahead of the 22.0

Retail 52

Retail Advertising Technology Securities 52

PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2016

. “Not that it cannot generate significant activity pending wider deployment of things like Apple Pay, etc. The problem is that shoppers do NOT want to carry around cards (or tags) for all the stores where they shop. Having several cards for different personal/business purposes is a big enough hassle.

Retail 40

Retail Numbers 40

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Walmart said earlier this week that Walmart Voice Order is coming to Siri , and that Apple users will now be able to add items to Walmart grocery lists and order them, all by just using their voice. We’re] proud to announce that partnering with Apple, we’ve made Walmart Voice Order available on Siri,” Walmart said. “We

eCommerce 46

eCommerce Profit and Loss Sales Retail 46

PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

Some of that money — supplied by investors such as Andreessen Horowitz , Nyca Partners and Max Levchin, founder and CEO of alternative lending startup Affirm — will go toward building an identity bureau, which will help lenders and financial firms verify identities. Flavors Of Fraud.

Construction 73

Construction Numbers Concentration Securities 73

PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

Apple Pay was among the new payment methods to be added. Sleekly packaged in super minimalist whites, with whimsical names and a very affordable price tag ($8 – $24), ohii offers up various masks, cleansers, creams, palettes, mascara, lip glosses and more. All of the items are promised to be both cruelty- and paraben-free.

Sales 40

Sales Retail Leverage Numbers 40

PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

“At Worldpay, our focus has always been on delivering more value to our clients and partners and making decisions that achieve our growth and performance objectives,” said Charles Drucker, executive chairman and CEO of Worldpay, in the same press release. Google Pay is not the first “Pay” option available to eBay users.

Reconciliations 50

Reconciliations eCommerce Retail Currencies 50

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster has volunteered at a few charity fundraisers in her day, and the call to action at the end of the night is still, in 2017, to reach for the checkbook and write out the donation amount on paper. CEO Neil Garner and his team at Thyngs want to change that. Thyngs announced news on Monday, Aug.

Entertainment 49

Entertainment Technology Communication Accounting 49

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

iPhone 8 : Might the newest offering from Apple come out a bit bruised? The price tag, however didn’t scare off investors — who liked Founder and “hipster-vegan” Doug Evans’ pitch — and thought that selling “smart juice” had a future. The firm’s CEO, former Coca-Cola executive Jeff Dunn, offered consumers a full refund.

Sales 46

Sales Startups Compliance Retail 46

PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

Sure, but the experts agree that it was unlikely that anyone was going to outdo the dominance Google (and to a lesser extent Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL, Apple and various cable firms nationwide) already enjoy. billion price tag represents a hefty profit for Apax, which bought Epicor for $1 billion.
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Investments 40

Investments B2B Startups Accounting 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Although no iPhones made a surprise appearance as some had hoped, there was no shortage of new Apple products to gawk over on Tuesday (Sept. Two new Apple Watches took center stage, as did the Apple One subscription product and its various pricing tiers. Here’s a rundown of what Apple did announce: An Apple Watch Upgrade.

Budgeting 75

Budgeting Sales Marketing eCommerce 75

PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2019

We want to thank Prime members all around the world,” said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. But sharp-eyed members noticed a glitch: The site had marked down almost all of the Prime Day-tagged camera equipment to around $94. How many new users does that translate to, other than a lot? It sold out quickly.

eCommerce 49

eCommerce Retail Sales Manufacturing 49

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

While that effect tends to fade as businesses get larger, the tumult at Open AI, where the board dismissed Sam Altman as CEO, and then faced with an enterprise-wide meltdown, as capital providers and employees threatened to quit, illustrates that even at larger entities, a person or a few people can make a value difference.

Valuation 113

Valuation Profit and Loss Entertainment Investments 113

PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

billion price tag, led U.K market,’” said SumUp CEO Daniel Klein in an interview with PYMNTS. Klein cited the Apple Store as a prime example of a retail chain that seems to be extending a superior mPOS checkout experience, as its employees are equipped with handheld POS devices to help consumers check out on the go.

Benchmarking 41

Benchmarking Technology Advertising Securities 41

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

 The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton CEO , is below. You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , Google , YouTube , and Bloomberg. Jenny Johnson is CEO of investment giant Franklin Templeton. They run about a $1.5

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 86

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Finance Technology 86

PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

Stripe rolled out chargeback protection, Apple rolled out its take on sign-in authentication , Mastercard launched an open banking platform and Visa and Western Union paired on a global push to card payments – and those are just the top headlines. billion tagged for this year and significant focus on Chase mobile and digital efforts.

Problem Solving 49

Problem Solving Restructuring Communication Accounting 49

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

To use the system, the consumer will create a mobile ID on their mobile device (Apple or Android will work) via the Airside digital identity app to upload their passport or driver’s license, a photo of themselves and consent for their mobile ID to be shared and used on the day of travel. Chamber of Commerce event last year.

Technology 123

Technology Healthcare Leverage Securities 123

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

And my parents were super indulgent of this at a time when that was very unusual, and they bought me an early Apple II computer, one of the earliest Apple IIs to be sold in Europe, actually. And Joshua added tags to that, and so you could browse things by tags. And I’ve stuck with that, my entire life.

Valuation 118

Valuation Investments Marketing Technology 118

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

There weren’t many surprises on display when Apple took the stage today in Cupertino for ifs fall device event Tuesday (Sept. Apple also rolled out a new social sharing app called Clips, a first-of-a-kind move by Apple that no one forecast ahead of the event. A New, More Affordable Apple .

Forecasting 46

Forecasting Sales Planning Technology 46

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The more the user gets to use the app, the more it gets to know them using machine learning and AI [artificial intelligence] ,” SIX Travel Founder and CEO Khalid Meniri told PYMNTS.com in an interview. In addition, the company uses Core ML to translate the images that users interact with and extracts tags from those images.

Accounting 76

Accounting Retail 76

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

Undeterred by the steep price tag, hundreds and even thousands of walk-in customers queued up outside Apple stores hours, days, and in some cases, months before the new device hit shelves. Indeed, for Apple fanatics, it’s almost a point of pride to have suffered in obtaining the newest device. The Original iPhone. Pokemon GO?

Sales 40

Sales Entertainment Advertising Numbers 40

PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

Apart from celebrities, Apple and Uber were also tagged in the hacking event that occurred Wednesday (July 15). The back-end investigation is ongoing, according to a public statement by CEO Dorsey. As for the longer-term fix, consumer education seems to be the favored tool.

Securities 64

Securities Accounting Education Communication 64

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

“These are the latest new lower prices in our ongoing integration and innovation with Amazon, and we’re just getting started,” said John Mackey, Whole Foods Market co-founder and CEO. “In Apple Pay and Android Pay rank with 12 percent and 11 percent, respectively.

Forecasting 43

Forecasting Currencies Planning Numbers 43

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

An article published in the Harvard Business Review in August of 2009 posed a question that many airline and travel industry CEOs are pondering 11 years later: Will videoconferencing kill business travel? Given its hefty price tag and IT requirements, the technology was installed in conference or board rooms and not individual offices.

B2B 138

B2B Technology Communication Entertainment 138

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 2, 2023

Jeff Fowler has been CEO of the company for just about two years. When do you as founders and CEOs say, “hey, I need somebody who can scale this, and I’m going to step back and become chairperson and bring in a professional CEO to run the site?” JEFFEREY FOWLER, CEO, HODINKEE: I was working at Louis Vuitton at the time.

Retail 65

Retail Advertising Numbers Economics 65

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , and Bloomberg. Thayne was the CEO of Merrill at the time. So it’s like you, you, 00:32:37 [Speaker Changed] And to be, to clarify, you’re not saying this about Apple. As, as an example.

Marketing 61

Marketing Leadership Finance Investments 61

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 16, 2023

And you know, before that, obviously the Apple Store, my first walking into an Apple Store and seeing the iPod and being able to play with it inside the store. LINDZON: So first year at ’01, ‘02, you have Apple and they blew out the store model, the retail model, which no one thought. RITHOLTZ: Really? LINDZON: Yes.

Leverage 112

Leverage Investments Valuation Finance 112

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 2, 2024

You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , and Bloomberg. Tag on top of that for healthcare. And you know, this CEO at least. The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Angus Deaton on America’s Wealth & Inequality , is below. That’s right.

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Healthcare Economics Math Education 57