Apple wants to sell you its new map with a ladder and socks

L’Apple Cardis in the spotlight in three new advertisements from its creator, soberly titledLadder,SocketSweatin English. This content highlights the various advantages of this payment method, including the possibility of benefiting from cashback on online purchases. Many stores are eligible, such as the shoe seller Nike.

Apple's advertisements also mention the case of transaction history, whose interface is reminiscent, for example, of that of Revolut or its German competitor N26. Everything is under the umbrella of the Maps app, previously called Apple Wallet.Compatible iPhoneswithiOS 17are eligible, only you still have to live in the United States to be able to order an Apple Card.

When will the Apple Card arrive in France?

No more suspense: not anytime soon. And for good reason; according to rumors previously published, this means of payment would not benot as profitable as it seems. The partnership with investment bank Goldman Sachs would thus incur more than a billion dollars in debt, which has not been publicly confirmed at Apple. But the accounts of the regulated establishment are clear.

Internally, it is therefore likely that there will be more talk of redressing the situation before discussing a possible deployment across the Atlantic. The Apple Card arrived in 2019 at Uncle Sam, and few products from Cupertino have remained confined to a single territory for so long. Take the example of Apple TV+: the service was launched the same year in France, only a few months after the United States.

Features

Beyond the real-time transaction history and cashback, the Apple Card also allows you to benefit from this theoretical discount when purchasing in an Apple Store. On site, you benefit from5 %bonus if you choose a new Mac or iPhone. But again, this offer is reserved for our American neighbors.

Let us also point out that the Apple Card is a real card ofcredit, and not a simple debit card like many competitors offer. This payment solution is particularly popular in the United States, but remains confined to a few households in France and in many other countries of the European Union.