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Apple Talked To Square About Being Acquired. It Didn’t Go Well
Apple Talked To Square About Being Acquired. It Didn’t Go Well
September 15, 2014  |  Mobile

Apple recently approached Square about becoming part of the Apple family, but talks ended abruptly when Apple was only willing to pay $3 billion, which...

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McDonald’s Pushes Apple Pay Out The Window
McDonald’s Pushes Apple Pay Out The Window
September 15, 2014  |  Apple Pay

McDonald’s Chief Digital Officer Atif Rafiq was talking with a reporter last week about how “seamless” and easy McDonald’s will incorporate ApplePay, which makes sense given...

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Why Walmart Said No To Apple Pay
Why Walmart Said No To Apple Pay
September 15, 2014  |  Apple Pay

Given that Walmart’s own mobile payment plan—MCX, now branded as CurrentC—has no plans to go live nationally until next year, the world’s largest retail chain...

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Banks Went The Apple Way
Banks Went The Apple Way
September 12, 2014  |  Mobile

The mobile payment relationship between the major banks and Apple is, to put mildly, a delicate one. Apple’s move has the potential to vastly increase...

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Telcos Fear No Big Payday From Apple Pay
Telcos Fear No Big Payday From Apple Pay
September 12, 2014  |  Apple Pay

How should telcos around the world react to Apple Pay? Should they ride along and cooperate fully—potentially hurting their own mobile wallet efforts—and sell as...

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Walmart, Best Buy, Stand Firm Against Apple Pay
Walmart, Best Buy, Stand Firm Against Apple Pay
September 11, 2014  |  Mobile

Walmart and Best Buy have both said that they will not initially accept Apple Pay transactions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday (Sept. 10)....

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