Apple Smartwatch news and trends

Visa, Mastercard Enable Corporate Cards With Smartwatches
Innovation // September 05, 2017

Top credit card companies are taking an early opportunity to ensure their corporate cards work with new smartwatches. Reports in Business Travel News said Friday (Aug. 31) that American Express, Mastercard and Visa have all enabled their commercial cards to work with Fitbit Ionic, a smartwatch...

Apple iPhone 8 Launch Set For Sept. 12
Apple // September 01, 2017

Apple made it official Thursday (Aug. 31) by sending out an invite for a big event on Sept. 12, in which the long-awaited iPhone 8 will launch. According to a news report in The Verge, the Sept. 12 event invite doesn’t say much, just, “Let’s meet...

Visa Powering Payments on New Garmin Wearable Aims to Stop ‘Sweaty Money’
Payment Methods // August 31, 2017

Keeping up with the wearables/payments/fitness players is a workout in and of itself. Add Garmin to the mix with a new device, the vivoactive3.  Visa said that it is enabling payments on the smartwatch, thus allowing tap and pay functionality, similar to other devices out...

Visa Payments, (Truly) Mobile With Fitbit’s Ionic Smartwatch
Mobile Commerce // August 28, 2017

Fitbit is debuting its Ionic watch – enabled for Visa payments.  And, as noted Monday by the two companies, and as the data shows in the latest joint “How We Will Pay” study by Visa and PYMNTS, the timing is right for truly mobile payments...

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Piper Jaffray Finds Consumers Aren’t Too Giddy About iPhone 8

September 06, 2017
Apple’s latest iPhone, the iPhone 8, is set for release next week, but a new report from Wall Street firm Piper Jaffray is showing consumers aren’t too excited about it yet. In a note to clients, covered by CNBC, Piper Jaffray analyst Michael J. Olson said the level of excitement for the iPhone 8 is […]

Visa, Mastercard Enable Corporate Cards With Smartwatches

September 05, 2017
Top credit card companies are taking an early opportunity to ensure their corporate cards work with new smartwatches. Reports in Business Travel News said Friday (Aug. 31) that American Express, Mastercard...

Apple iPhone 8 Launch Set For Sept. 12

September 01, 2017
Apple made it official Thursday (Aug. 31) by sending out an invite for a big event on Sept. 12, in which the long-awaited iPhone 8 will launch. According to a...