Apple Card works hand-in-hand with iPhone. Photo: Apple
For the third year in a row, Apple Card has been named the Best Co-Branded Credit Card for Customer Satisfaction with No Annual Fee in J.D. Power’s study of U.S. credit cards.
Tim Cook has plenty of money, so that couldn't be the reason. Image: Canva
Not just anyone qualifies for a new Apple Card — including Apple CEO Tim Cook, according to a new report. The Goldman Sachs underwriting system apparently rejected his application a while back.
Amid reports lately that Goldman is losing money on its deal with Apple, and the two might part ways, it almost sounded like payback. But that’s not it.
Longer battery life must be near the top of every iPhone owner's wish list. Photo: Tyler Lastovich/Unsplash License/Modified by Cult of Mac
This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: The latest rumors point to impressive iPhone upgrades on the horizon. Stacked batteries might deliver the holy grail of longer battery life as early as this year. And in 2024, the iPhone Pro Max camera might graduate to a mind-blowing 12x zoom. Excuse if we’re a little excited!
Also on The CultCast:
A secret project dubbed “Apple GPT” might make Apple’s products better — even Siri!
If you’re not taking advantage of Continuity features, you’re doing Apple wrong.
Sounds like we’ll be waiting quite a while for a truly pro Mac Pro.
How in the world did Goldman Sachs lose so much money on Apple Card?!?
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Apple Card hasn’t been profitable for the bank that backs the credit card. Photo: Apple
Goldman Sachs reportedly wants out of a partnership with Apple that has the bank backing the Apple Card and other financial services. It’s not hard to guess why: recent filings from the bank indicate it has lost at least $1 billion on the deal.
It’s supposedly looking to hand the business off to another megabank.
Apple wants to bring Apple Card and Apple Pay to India. Photo: Apple
Apple is reportedly in talks with HDFC Bank to bring Apple Card to India. The latter is among the country’s largest credit card issuers and private banks.
The Cupertino giant also held discussions with NPCI to launch Apple Pay in the country.
Some Apple Card Savings account customers are frustrated by withdrawal and transfer delays. Photo: Apple
Apple Card Savings accounts launched to great acclaim recently with their high yield, but some customers are complaining that withdrawing money and transferring funds through the Goldman Sachs-held accounts takes too long.
The 15-inch MacBook Air will be a dream machine. Image: Cult of Mac
This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: What will WWDC23 bring us? In addition to a sweeping look at the future of all Apple’s platforms, it sounds like we’ll get some major new hardware. Yes, there’s that $3,000 AR/VR headset, but there’s also something we really want: a 15-inch MacBook Air.
Also on The CultCast:
The Apple Watch interface will get a major upgrade with watchOS 10. And the same holds true for Stage Manger in iPadOS 17.
All about Apple’s new Rapid Security Response system for deploying urgent upgrades.
Shockingly, internal strife seems to be one of the things holding back Siri and Apple’s artificial intelligence efforts.
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Apple Card Savings got off to a very strong start. Photo: Apple/Cult of Mac
The high interest rates offered by Apple Card Savings reportedly brought an enormous rush of deposits in the first days after the financial service became available in mid-April. The savings accounts for iPhone users pulled in nearly $1 billion in only the first four days.
And that was weeks ago, so it’s almost certainly well over the billion dollar milestone by now.