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JPMorgan Chase may exchange Goldman Sachs because the Apple Card banking accomplice. Apple and JPMorgan have been discussing a possible partnership since early this yr.
Regardless of this, a possible deal between the 2 corporations may take a number of months to finalize.
JPMorgan and Apple discussing potential Apple Card collaboration
Experiences of Goldman Sachs wanting out of its partnership with Apple over the Apple Card first emerged in June 2023. It needs 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.
On account of Goldman Sachs’s exit, Apple is on the lookout for a brand new banking accomplice for Apple Card. A Wall Road Journal report claims the corporate is in talks with JPMorgan Chase to take over. Discussions between the 2 corporations started earlier this yr and are nonetheless ongoing. Finalizing the phrases can nonetheless take a number of extra months.
The talks can nonetheless fall by, particularly since JPMorgan needs to make different adjustments to how Apple Card works. This contains altering the billing cycle, the place all prospects get their statements at first of the month. Goldman Sachs additionally confronted points with Apple Card’s billing cycle.
It additionally purportedly needs to pay “less than the full face value” of the roughly $17 billion excellent steadiness throughout playing cards.
Apple in talks with a number of banks for Apple Card partnership
Moreover 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 pressured to approve all candidates who apply, pushing up its losses.
Regardless of all these behind-the-scenes points, prospects love the Apple Card. For 4 consecutive years, it ranked primary in J.D. Energy’s buyer satisfaction scores.