Apple has removed a bunch of exploitative lending apps in India that used unethical strategies to collect, such as threatening to send deepfake nudes to borrowers' contacts.Apple removes some predatory lending apps in IndiaDuring the past week, Apple removed several apps from its store, including Pocket Kash, White Kash, Golden Kash, and OK Rupee. These apps gained popularity among Indian consumers and even secured positions in the top 20 of the finance category on the App Store. Read more...

Apple CEO Tim Cook is among the technology company executives who will be attending a meeting with President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Modi today. According to the White House, the meeting will focus on AI, manufacturing, and innovation. more… The post Apple CEO Tim Cook attending meeting with Biden over AI and manufacturing today appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Apple is reportedly in talks with banks and regulators in India to launch Apple Pay and its credit card, Apple Card. The company’s CEO, Tim Cook, met with HDFC Bank CEO and MD Sashidhar Jagdishan during his trip to India in April. Apple Pay Two sources familiar with the matter said that Apple is looking for a partner bank in India to issue Apple Card. The company is also seeking regulatory approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Apple Card is a co-branded credit card issued by Goldman Sachs and Apple. It was launched in the United States in 2019. The card offers a number of features that are designed to appeal to consumers, including no annual fee, no…

Apple’s iPhones have propelled smartphones into the top-five most exported commodities from India in the fiscal that ended in March this year. Apple’s iPhone 14 Mimansa Verma for Quartz: India’s smartphone exports nearly doubled to $10.9 billion during the year from $5.4 billion the year before that, according to data from India’s commerce ministry. And iPhone handsets accounted for half of those smartphones, followed by Samsung, Business Standard reported today (June 12). In the last financial year, when Apple’s figure stood at only 24%, India’s overall smartphone exports were in the ninth position. In the financial year 203, the top-four commodities exported from India included automotive fuels, aviation fuel, motor gasoline, and diamonds for non-industrial use, the newspaper reported. India’s…

Apple’s iPhones have propelled smartphones into the top-five most exported commodities from India in the fiscal that ended in March this year. Apple’s iPhone 14 Mimansa Verma for Quartz: India’s smartphone exports nearly doubled to $10.9 billion during the year from $5.4 billion the year before that, according to data from India’s commerce ministry. And iPhone handsets accounted for half of those smartphones, followed by Samsung, Business Standard reported today (June 12). In the last financial year, when Apple’s figure stood at only 24%, India’s overall smartphone exports were in the ninth position. In the financial year 203, the top-four commodities exported from India included automotive fuels, aviation fuel, motor gasoline, and diamonds for non-industrial use, the newspaper reported. India’s…

Indian authorities say the country is now exporting double its previous annual number of smartphones, entirely because of the iPhone.Tim Cook in IndiaPreviously, Apple made iPhones in India at least chiefly for sale within that country. Now that it is moving iPhone production to India and away from China, it's manufacturing them for export. Read more...