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JPMorgan Chase may exchange Goldman Sachs because the Apple Card banking associate. Apple and JPMorgan have been discussing a possible partnership since early this yr.
Regardless of this, a possible deal between the 2 firms may take a number of months to finalize.
JPMorgan and Apple discussing potential Apple Card collaboration
Reviews of Goldman Sachs wanting out of its partnership with Apple over the Apple Card first emerged in June 2023. It desires to finish the partnership on account of heavy losses. Supposedly, Apple despatched a proposal to Goldman Sachs to exit the settlement throughout the subsequent 12-15 months again in November 2023.
Resulting from Goldman Sachs’s exit, Apple is in search of a brand new banking associate for Apple Card. A Wall Avenue Journal report claims the corporate is in talks with JPMorgan Chase to take over. Discussions between the 2 firms started earlier this yr and are nonetheless ongoing. Finalizing the phrases can nonetheless take just a few extra months.
The talks can nonetheless fall by way of, particularly since JPMorgan desires to make different modifications to how Apple Card works. This consists of altering the billing cycle, the place all clients get their statements in the beginning of the month. Goldman Sachs additionally confronted points with Apple Card’s billing cycle.
It additionally purportedly desires to pay “lower than the complete face worth” of the roughly $17 billion excellent steadiness throughout playing cards.
Apple in talks with a number of banks for Apple Card partnership
In addition to JPMorgan Chase, Apple held discussions with Synchrony Monetary, Captial One, and American Categorical.
A November 2023 report detailed that Goldman Sachs executives blame Apple Card for the financial institution’s elevated regulatory scrutiny. It’s additionally sad with being compelled to approve all candidates who apply, pushing up its losses.
Regardless of all these behind-the-scenes points, clients love the Apple Card. For 4 consecutive years, it ranked primary in J.D. Energy’s buyer satisfaction rankings.
