WSJ: Visa Offers Apple Roughly $100 Million to Switch Apple Card’s Network From Mastercard
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/04/03/via-mastercard-apple-card
WSJ: Visa Offers Apple Roughly $100 Million to Switch Apple Card’s Network From Mastercard

Link to: https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/apple-card-visa-mastercard-deal-3ce762da

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@daringfireball From a global perspective, there seems to be an advantage to Amex also being the issuer though? Apple Card still feels very much USA-only, because Apple also needs to find a bank to partner with in every country they want to release it to. Amex could possibly accelerate that by a lot.
@richtf @daringfireball isn't it the other way around? Visa and MasterCard are global; in europe Amex is exotic and I know few shops that will accept it (mainly a few posh restaurants, everyone else is not willing/able to pay their absurd fees)
@maxhorn @daringfireball Network, yes. But Amex are both a network *and* an issuer. For example, Apple Card is issued by Goldman Sachs in the USA. But that’s not a bank here in the U.K., or in many places globally, so no Apple Card for us unless/until Apple finds a U.K. partner bank. But Amex is already a global card issuer, so that could potentially accelerate the global rollout.