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iPhone6 Sales Greenlighted In China
iPhone6 Sales Greenlighted In China
October 01, 2014  |  International

The Chinese government is officially allowing Apple to start selling the iPhone 6/6 Plus in China after extracting a privacy promise from Apple “that it...

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Apple Pay’s European Biz Model Needs A Reboot
Apple Pay’s European Biz Model Needs A Reboot
September 30, 2014  |  Apple Pay

Apple Pay’s U.S. business model is based on issuers giving it a rebate on the fees they collect from merchants. But what happens when those...

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Apple Pay Settings Land On Monday
Apple Pay Settings Land On Monday
September 30, 2014  |  Apple Pay

When versions of iOS 8.1 were released Monday (Sept. 29), they included hidden settings for Apple Pay, according to a report in MacRumors. Given that...

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The Fed Wants To Clean Up Token Confusion
The Fed Wants To Clean Up Token Confusion
September 29, 2014  |  B2B Payments

The Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and Atlanta applaud the many efforts to standardize payment tokenization, except the part that there are in fact so...

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Who Uses Google Wallet?
Who Uses Google Wallet?
September 26, 2014  |  Mobile

From its beginning back in May 2011, NFC-using Google Wallet has struggled to get customers, having to overcome a shortage of retailers supporting it and...

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Visa’s Next Big Business: Tokens and Data
Visa’s Next Big Business: Tokens and Data
September 25, 2014  |  Hmmm

Apple Pay may be the catalyst that mobile payments needed to get the payments ecosystem cranking, but that’s not all it did. It’s launched a...

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Apple Pay, Now That We’ve Sobered Up
Apple Pay, Now That We’ve Sobered Up
September 25, 2014  |  David S. Evans

Just about everyone seemed absolutely giddy over Tim Cook’s breathless announcement of how Apple is revolutionizing payments. I’m hoping now that maybe, with a couple...

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Apple Breaks Record On iPhone Sales First Weekend
Apple Breaks Record On iPhone Sales First Weekend
September 23, 2014  |  Apple Pay

Say what you will about Apple, but it sure knows how to sell phones. The first weekend for sales of its new iPhones—the 6 and...

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