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Apple Steps Closer Towards Launching U.K. Apple Card

Jordan Hirschfield by Jordan Hirschfield
March 23, 2022
in Analysts Coverage, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mobile Payments
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Apple Steps Closer Towards Launching U.K. Apple Card

Apple Steps Closer Towards Launching U.K. Apple Card

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Apple appears to be closer to launching Apple Card in the United Kingdom following their purchase of Credit Kudos, a U.K.-based open banking startup. While no public announcement has been made, which is typical of smaller acquisitions, Engadget reports that Credit Kudos terms and conditions have been updated to reflect that it is a subsidiary of Apple. Ben Lovejoy explains in 9TO5Mac that the introduction of Apple Card in the U.K. will likely have different benefits than in the U.S:

Brits shouldn’t necessarily get too excited about the prospect of a UK Apple Card. Although the rewards offered seem generous by UK standards – 2% cashback on most purchases, and 3% with Apple and other select merchants – it’s unlikely these will be matched in Britain.

Lovejoy points out that the difference in interchange fees between the U.K. and U.S. create a large disparity in the benefits Apple could potentially offer:

So how can Apple afford to offer cash rewards of between 1% to 3%, depending on how and where you use it?

The answer is through what are known as interchange fees. These are fees that card companies charge to merchants whenever they take a card payment.

In the US, interchange fees are relatively high. They typically start at around 0.8% of the transaction plus 15c, and rise as high as 2.95% plus 20c for certain purchase types made with ‘premium’ cards. And Apple Card, despite being available to most people, and charging no cardholder fees, is classified as a premium card.

European interchange fees (including the UK) for consumer cards are capped at 0.2% for debit cards, and 0.3% for credit cards. That’s it. So Apple – or its European partner banks – would only have that much margin to play with.

Overview by Jordan Hirschfield, Director of Research at Mercator Advisory Group

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