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Opportunities

Square Accepts Apple Pay and Android Pay

The retail behemoths could also be locking themselves out of a huge market, by not accepting mobile payments or contactless payments. Statista estimates that Americans will spend $210.45 billion in contactless payments by 2019.[2]

The number of contactless payment users is also growing dramatically, in 2014 16.4 million Americans used contactless payments, Statista found. That number grew to 23.2 million at the end of 2015. It is expected to grow to 37.5 million by the end of 2016, 50.2 million by the end 2017, 58.8 million by New Year’s Day 2019 and 69.8 million by the end of 2020.[3]

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Apple Pay and Vending Machines

More importantly, payment apps could give vending machine operators a regular cash flow, that they could tap almost instantly. There would be less time spent counting money or making bank deposits. This could reduce the work and expenses of vending machine businesses.

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Is Redbox Doomed, or Is It a Great Contrarian Investment?

The problem is that demand for Redbox’s rental volume is falling off. The service’s usage peaked at 772.9 million in 2013 and fell to 717.1 million in 2014 and 587.6 million in 2015, Variety reported. This affected Outerwall’s revenue, which fell from $2.292 billion in December 2014 to $2.193 billion in December 2015.

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Apple Pay’s Fatal Weakness

Some retailers, such as Walmart and dollar store operators, might view Apple Pay as a niche product that only appeals to a small upper-income segment of the population. If you look at Apple Pay’s website, you see a multitude of high-end urban brands such as Whole Foods and Petco but a shortage of working-class retailers. Bloomingdales is present, but Kmart is nowhere to be seen.

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Can PayPal Remain Competitive?

PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) is a really great company that could be a victim of its own success. PayPal’s signature

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Is CurrentC Rolling Out Nationwide?

Samsung Pay, Apple Pay and Android Pay are getting even more competition. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), one of the nation’s largest banks, has rolled out its own solution, Chase Pay, that will support Current C.

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American Express: Apple Pay Coming to Canada and Australia This Year

The release stated that Amex card members are “expected to be the first to use Apple Pay in Canada and Australia beginning this year.”

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Samsung Pay Is Here

It looks as if the payment wars are really heating up. Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) in particular needs a win in this segment because its market share in the all-important smartphone segment is falling. Samsung is still the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer, but falling demand for its Galaxy S6 caused its revenues to drop by 8.4%.

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