MacVoices #23153: MacVoices Live! - Apple's Financial Services Initiatives (3)

Published: May 19, 2023, 10:37 p.m.

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David Ginsburg,\\xa0Eric Bolden,\\xa0Brian\\xa0Flanagan-Arthurs,\\xa0Mike Potter,\\xa0Web Bixby,\\xa0Jeff Gamet,\\xa0and\\xa0Jim Rea\\xa0finish off this MacVoices Live! session with a discussion of Apple\\u2019s financial services efforts. They include the newly launched Apple Pay Later, a high-yield savings account, and the ever expanding Apple Pay. How the ease of use and integration with Apple\\u2019s ecosystem make them all attractive options in a changing banking landscape that focuses less on physical locations are covered by the panel. (Part 3)

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Apple launches its new high-yield Savings account with 4.15% APY
https://www.imore.com/apple/apple-launches-its-new-high-yield-savings-account-with-415-apy

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Best high-yield savings accounts in May 2023
https://www.bankrate.com/banking/savings/best-high-yield-interests-savings-accounts/

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Apple Pay Holdout Kroger Begins Accepting Apple\\u2019s Contactless Payment Following Years of Holding Out
https://www.mactrast.com/2023/04/apple-pay-holdout-kroger-begins-accepting-apples-contactless-payment-following-years-of-holding-out/

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Is it legal for a business in the United States to refuse cash as a form of payment?
https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12772.htm

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NAB Show Video On Demand Monday, April 17
https://nabshow.com/2023/video-on-demand-monday/

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Guests:

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Web Bixby has been in the\\xa0insurance business for 40 years and has been an\\xa0Apple user for longer than that.You can catch up with him on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

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Eric Bolden\\xa0is into macOS, plants, sci-fi, food, and is a rural internet supporter. You can connect with him on Twitter,\\xa0by email at embolden@mac.com, on Mastodon at @eabolden@techhub.social,\\xa0and on his blog, Trending At Work.

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Brian Flanigan-Arthurs is an educator with a passion for providing results-driven, innovative learning strategies for all students, but particularly those who are at-risk. He is also a tech enthusiast who has a particular affinity for Apple since he first used the Apple IIGS as a student. You can contact Brian on twitter as @brian8944. He also recently opened a Mastodon account at @brian8944@mastodon.cloud.

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Mark Fuccio\\xa0is actively involved in high tech startup companies, both as a principle at piqsure.com, or as a marketing advisor through his consulting practice Tactics Sells High Tech, Inc. Mark was a proud investor in Microsoft from the mid-1990\'s selling in mid 2000, and hopes one day that MSFT will be again an attractive investment. You can contact Mark through\\xa0Twitter,\\xa0LinkedIn, or on Mastodon.

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Jeff Gamet is a technology blogger, podcaster, author, and public speaker. Previously, he was The Mac Observer\\u2019s Managing Editor, and the TextExpander Evangelist for Smile. He has presented at Macworld Expo, RSA Conference, several WordCamp events, along with many other conferences. You can find him on several podcasts such as The Mac Show, The Big Show, MacVoices, Mac OS Ken, This Week in iOS, and more. Jeff is easy to find on social media as @jgamet on Twitter\\xa0and Instagram, jeffgamet on LinkedIn.,\\xa0@jgamet@mastodon.social on Mastodon, and on his YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/jgamet.

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David Ginsburg\\xa0is the host of the weekly podcast In Touch With iOS where he discusses all things iOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and related technologies. He is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Visit his YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65 and on Mastodon at\\xa0@daveg65@mastodon.cloud

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Michael Potter\\xa0\\xa0is the Executive Producer of\\xa0For Mac Eyes Only, and the organizer of the annual\\xa0Macstock Conference and Expo. Mike\'s love-affair for all things Apple began in his Junior High\'s Library playing Lemonade Stand on a pair of brand new Apple ][+ computers. His penchant for Apple gear continued to be nurtured by the public school system when, in High School, he was hired as a lab supervisor to help run the Apple ][e lab for his fellow students and their Print Shop needs. Then, further still, in college he often opted to help a friend with her Computer Graphics coursework instead of focusing on his own studies, but only because it helped get him closer to the Mac-lab.

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Jim Rea has been an independent Mac developer continuously since 1984. He is the founder of ProVUE Development, and the author of Panorama X, ProVUE\'s ultra fast RAM based database software for the macOS platform. Follow Jim at\\xa0provue.com\\xa0and via @provuejim on Twitter.

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