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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The conversation came against the backdrop where i2c announced a partnership with TAG, to launch a super app that provides instant payments capability to Pakistan’s unbanked adult population, which at present numbers about 100 million individuals. In other cases, apps are too slow, or user interfaces are clunky.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The stories come with significantly different price tags: $185 million and $13 billion. More immediately, the deal would give LendingClub a cheaper funding source for its loan business — last year, the company originated more than $12.3 billion worth of loans. Call it a tale of two bank deals.

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APRIL 23, 2019

“Whether it’s to get a loan or an investor, or simply to know how well a business is doing, it’s mission-critical to know your numbers,” he stated. Indeed, integrating various apps and platforms was cited as the largest focus of technology investments for small businesses recently surveyed by CompTIA.

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MAY 5, 2017

It seems that businesses are starting to decide that perhaps the Apple Watch isn’t really going to be the next big thing, after all, and are quietly pulling app support for the devices. Over the last few weeks, some pretty big name firms have decided to say sayonara to the Apple Watch App store. And were consumers enraged?

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JULY 13, 2016

The conventional wisdom going into 2016 was that chat apps and email apps were pretty much dead. And while chat apps were a somewhat livelier field even as recently as 2010, as of the end of 2015 most were saying the market was for the most part shut down. Might there still be ways to innovate with email?

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JUNE 10, 2019

The phasing out of iTunes comes as Apple is redesigning its content streaming services – Music, TV and Podcasts are destined to be standalone apps in the next major version of macOS. Finn, a no-fee banking app that JPMorgan Chase rolled out last year in an attempt to woo younger customers, is finished. But at least it wasn’t alone….

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AUGUST 2, 2018

They rarely use credit cards, and only about 5 percent report having student loans. That meant, in a lot of cases, graduates five years out of school were still looking at massive debt mountains to climb and that missing a few loan payments here and there, and maybe even racking up some defaults, became a decided issue for many.

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