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> The card is probably a good idea. No fee, simplicity, and convenience are good for the consumer. Only selling to Apple product users means a certain band of w
by kristianc 8y ago
> The card is probably a good idea. No fee, simplicity, and convenience are good for the consumer. Only selling to Apple product users means a certain band of wealth and thereby lower default rates are implicitly targeted.
The strategy may work in the US where the payments ecosystem is incredibly dated and backwards, but Apple Card is very much a me-too offering in nearly every other developed economy.
- servercobra 8y agoThey have around 100 million iPhone users in the US, so that seems like a very reasonable market to target, even if no one outside the US ever uses it.