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OCTOBER 29, 2020

And investors weren't pleased, sending the stock down 5 percent and Apple lost $100 billion off its market cap in moments as a result, according to Yahoo Finance. Notably, record-setting once again in Q4 was Apple’s ever-growing services segment, home of Apple Care, Apple Pay, Apple Cards, iCloud and Apple Subscriptions.

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JULY 6, 2020

Customers are also looking for options like digital and card-not-present (CNP) transactions that allow them to make eCommerce purchases as smoothly and seamlessly as possible. . These safety and convenience considerations are pushing more consumers to use — and more merchants to enable — contactless and CNP payments. percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

Practically as soon as 2019 had ticked over into 2020, rumors began circulating that Grubhub was looking for a buyer as it saw its market share erode in a field crowded with other marquee players. Much about the deal remains unknown, such as what amount Uber offered – though Grubhub’s market cap is roughly $5.4

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Things were a bit more active on the Amazon front, with a big infrastructure investment pushing its market cap back over the $1 trillion line, a new B2B financing partnership with Goldman Sachs potentially in the offing and its expanding stores and services menu. Big News of the Week: The Potential Goldman Partnership .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

According to the NRF 2019 predictions, Black Friday and Cyber Monday will collective bring in nearly $400 billion in spending over the course of the weekend, with 69 percent of American consumers reporting they plan to shop during the five-day stretch between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. Or … stay in. Changing Faces. In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

At the low end of the spectrum, consumers will pay an APR of 25 percent a month, roughly comparable with a high-rate credit card. Which is why it might be surprising to note that 2018 and 2019 have in many ways been strong growth years for the pawn industry in the U.S. Interest rates on pawn loans vary as they are regulated by states.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

1, 2019, there was no shortage of predictions about which stories would drive payments, commerce and the global financial ecosystem. But as it turns out, 2019-2020 will go down in the record books as one of those years where everyone got it wrong — because a black swan showed up. Costs And Benefits.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In May 2019, Barclays released a note estimating the value of Tencent’s fintech business at $123B, or close to a third of the company’s total market cap. At its Investor Day in September 2019, Ant disclosed that financial services has overtaken payments and now makes up over 50% of its overall revenue.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

The big winner in the headlines race this week was certainly Amazon, which dropped a stronger than expected Q4 earnings report capped off with the announcement that its Prime membership subscriptions had reached the 150 million user mark. Outside of Prime, subscriptions services seem to have ended 2019 strong.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

As to who’s got the money, and where it’s going, private equity investments have grown from tens of billions of dollars several years ago to hundreds of billions, approaching trillions of dollars (if counting the market caps of firms that have gone public.). That dwarves the 2019 tally of 59 deals for gross proceeds of $13.6

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Canadian and European markets, Facebook said it will turn to expanding its service offerings in 2019 and beyond. We imagine that for Facebook, its fondest hope for 2019 is a quiet, boring and uneventful year. tap-to-pay cards play a big role in commerce. In November, Chase , the largest card issuer in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

Some big new ones were announced, while one big old one continues to push, slowly, toward the finish line. Tokenization, via Visa Token Service , has been an existing feature of Visa’s card security efforts for almost five years. Visa Beefs up Tokenization With a Rambus Buy.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

All told, they raised over $15B in 2019, in addition to forging new high-profile partnerships, spinning off new ventures, and evolving their products and strategies. GET THE 102-PAGE q4 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. Nearly 50% of 2019 funding was concentrated in 83 mega-rounds ($100M+) totaling $17.2B. Click to enlarge. .

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

As a company with a market cap of $584 billion, Facebook has about $45 billion in the bank , and generates about $5 billion in free cash flow per quarter. And its user base has grown. The Facebook Friday. As The WSJ noted, the fine that the FTC is ready to impose against Facebook will be the largest ever against a technology company.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Welcome to the first Monday of 2019. According to the Chinese calendar, 2019 is the “Year of the Pig” – which may not, at first blush, inspire much excitement for the 358 days ahead of us. Pigs are considered practical, yet fun-loving and blessed with good fortune – as measured by their very generous girths. Consider this.

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Fintech News

MARCH 23, 2025

The move has pushed its valuation beyond USD $10 billion, also making it a decacorn. Back in 2013, venture capitalist Aileen Lee introduced the term “ unicorn ” to describe the rarity of startups achieving a valuation of over USD $1 billion. Today, as of March 2025, India is home to 27 fintech unicorns. million transactions , a 7.8%

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The Payments Association

APRIL 14, 2025

Key developments include progress on stablecoin regulation with draft legislation anticipated, advancements in open banking and variable recurring payments (VRPs), outcomes from the PSR's review on card fees, and the introduction of buy now pay later (BNPL) legislation in Parliament. Why is it important?

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

In fact, they are at least 557 years old. The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar , which opened for business in 1460. For centuries, it did. The Grand Bazaar served as the primary commerce hub for most of Europe and Asia. It also standardized pricing and hours of operation.

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

In fact, they are at least 557 years old. The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar , which opened for business in 1460. For centuries, it did. The Grand Bazaar served as the primary commerce hub for most of Europe and Asia. It also standardized pricing and hours of operation.

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