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Apple, Goldman Pair On Credit Card For iPhone

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Apple and Goldman Sachs, through joint efforts, will issue a credit card that links with the iPhone, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Feb. The new card is aimed at helping consumers with money management, and bringing the companies into new areas of business.

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Goldman Sachs OKs Subprime Applicants For Apple Card

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With its new credit card in conjunction with Apple, Goldman Sachs is reportedly approving some borrowers who are subprime for the offering. The bank is accepting applications for the Apple Card from some users who have credit scores that are not stellar, CNBC noted in a report that cited unnamed sources.

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Citi hires card execs from Chase, Apple Card and Amex

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Citi is beefing up leadership in its consumer card lending operations by recruiting Chase exec Pam Habner — credited with engineering the success of Chase’s Sapphire Reserve card — and former Citi exec Chris Fred, who will return after several months running the Apple Card business at Goldman Sachs.

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Weekly Wrap: Apple channels fintechs with card launch

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In this episode, Suman Bhattacharyya, deputy editor of Bank Innovation, speaks with Alyson Clarke, principal analyst at Forrester Research, about the following developments: With the much-awaited launch of Apple Card, the tech giant has taken a page […].

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Affirm Integrates Its Virtual Card with Apple Pay

Bank Innovation

Startup Affirm is embedding its technology into the Apple ecosystem, allowing customers to load the company’s virtual card into Apple Pay, the startup announced today. The integration will also allow customers to use “Affirm InStore” to finance purchases at physical merchant locations, Affirm said.

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Goldman Sachs To Pay $2.5B For General Motors' Credit Card Business

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Goldman Sachs has beat out competitor Barclays to buy General Motors (GM)'s credit card business, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). billion, and it furthers Goldman Sachs' push into Main Street lending. Without a well-known brand or branches, Goldman has turned to partnerships like the Apple Card , which had $4.5

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Goldman, Amazon Discuss SMB Lending Partnership

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Goldman Sachs and Amazon are in discussions about the possibility of partnering for small and medium-sized (SMB) business lending in the U.S., Goldman would use its latest lending technology to offer SMB loans on Amazon’s lending platform as soon as next month, two sources told FT. Financial Times reported on Monday (Feb.

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