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Apple's latest foray into fintech offers high interest, but is it too interested in users’ lives?

by Kai Ryssdal , Livi Burdette and Sarah Leeson
May 11, 2023
The tech giant makes it easy to open an account on an iPhone. Sara Morrison of Vox isn’t entirely comfortable with its expanding reach.
Apple CEO Tim Cook. Its new savings account quickly drew nearly $1 billion in deposits.
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How do "buy now pay later" services work?

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 2, 2021
The digital payments company Square says it will buy Afterpay for $29 billion.
Shoppers can use "buy now, pay later" services like Afterpay to enable them to pony up for their purchases in installments, often without interest.
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