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65% of UAE Consumers Use Smartphones to Improve Shopping Experience
65% of UAE Consumers Use Smartphones to Improve Shopping Experience
December 08, 2022  |  emea

Most UAE consumers have their smartphones handy when shopping online or in-store. That finding comes from the 2022 Global Digital Shopping Index report, a PYMNTS...

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Chevron Debuts Connected Car Rewards and Payments App
Chevron Debuts Connected Car Rewards and Payments App
December 06, 2022  |  Mobile Applications

Chevron U.S.A. has launched apps for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.  With the new apps, users can pay for fuel from the dashboard infotainment system...

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Telecoms Have Unique Chance to Monetize 1 Billion Unbanked Cell Customers
Telecoms Have Unique Chance to Monetize 1 Billion Unbanked Cell Customers
December 05, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

One billion people have cellphones but no bank account, a gap wireless providers may fill. There’s nothing farfetched about the idea. It’s already well-established in...

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UK’s CMA Ramps Up Apple-Google Antitrust Probe
UK’s CMA Ramps Up Apple-Google Antitrust Probe
November 22, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Tuesday (Nov. 22) that it is ramping up its antitrust investigation of Apple and Google after...

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9.8% of Groceries Bought With Mobile Devices
9.8% of Groceries Bought With Mobile Devices
November 10, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

Once upon a time, we used our mobile phones solely to make calls. And now those super-powered devices are the launching pads to getting everything...

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Apple: COVID Has Slowed iPhone 14 Shipments
Apple: COVID Has Slowed iPhone 14 Shipments
November 07, 2022  |  Apple

One week after reports that China’s COVID outbreak was hampering production on Apple’s iPhone 14, the company made it official. “We continue to see strong...

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Reports: COVID Curtails iPhone Production in China
Reports: COVID Curtails iPhone Production in China
October 31, 2022  |  Apple

Foxconn, Apple’s chief iPhone assembler, is moving operations to other parts of China to deal with a growing COVID outbreak, a move that could drastically...

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Apple Pay Leads Among Wallets but Lags in Total Purchases
Apple Pay Leads Among Wallets but Lags in Total Purchases
October 25, 2022  |  Mobile Wallets

They grow up so fast. It’s hard to believe that the Apple Pay mobile wallet turns 8 this year, and equally hard to fathom why...

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South Korea Champions Blockchain-Based Digital ID as Economic Catalyst
South Korea Champions Blockchain-Based Digital ID as Economic Catalyst
October 17, 2022  |  Identity

People in South Korea will soon be able to have their identification digitally embedded into their smartphones and secured on the blockchain, a move by...

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