{"id":34730,"date":"2020-06-30T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2628285"},"modified":"2020-06-30T14:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:28:00","slug":"apple-debuts-credit-improvement-program-for-declined-card-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/30\/apple-debuts-credit-improvement-program-for-declined-card-applicants\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Debuts Credit Improvement Program For Declined Card Applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4127-logo.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"6246086188_5\" class=\"ocn-data-img-outer \">\n<div class=\"fl\">\n<div class=\"ocn-data-img-inner\">\n<div id=\"descfull6246086188_5\" class=\"ocn-data-desc dfull dfup \">\n<div class=\"actdesc\">\n<div class=\"share-img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"share-img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"share-img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"share-img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"share-img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"share-img-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"6245931137_0\" class=\"ocn-data-img-outer \">\n<div class=\"fl\">\n<div class=\"ocn-data-img-inner\">\n<div id=\"descfull6245931137_0\" class=\"ocn-data-desc dfull\">\n<div id=\"6245931135_2\" class=\"ocn-data-img-outer \">\n<div class=\"fl\">\n<div class=\"ocn-data-img-inner\">\n<div id=\"descfull6245931135_2\" class=\"ocn-data-desc dfull\">\n<div class=\"share-img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"share-img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"share-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bigimageuser g0 gThumb \" src=\"https:\/\/securecdn.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/apple-card-2-457x305.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/apple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple<\/a>&nbsp;is launching a &ldquo;Path to Apple Card&rdquo; program intended to help declined Apple Card applicants improve their credit worthiness, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/06\/29\/apple-launches-path-to-apple-card-a-4-month-credit-worthiness-improvement-program\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The program will start popping up as an optional method for those who want to get an Apple Card but didn&rsquo;t have the required credit score.<\/p>\n<p>Then, they can choose to opt in to a four-month program in which the information used by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldmansachs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goldman Sachs<\/a>&nbsp;to determine credit worthiness is analyzed in order to help find ways to improve it so the user can be accepted at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the methods for potential improvement could include resolving past-due balances, making payments on time to both secured and unsecured debt accounts, and lowering debt for credit cards and personal loans.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say Apple has taken privacy into account, declining to retain identifying information or any more intimate details about a person&rsquo;s personal financial situation, and Goldman Sachs will also not share any information with anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Apple&rsquo;s methods are more in-depth than traditional credit card companies, who are likely to send a much more brief explanation as to why an applicant was declined for a card.<\/p>\n<p>The Apple Card has been a priority for the tech giant as of late as it tries to entice more customers to sign up, with the rolling out of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/apple\/2020\/apple-preps-installment-pay-plans-on-apple-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">installment plans<\/a>&nbsp;to help people afford expensive Apple items like iPads, Macs, AirPods and more.<\/p>\n<p>The installment plans will let Apple Card holders split up payments for a number of items over a period of months.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Apple has expanded&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/apple\/2020\/apple-expands-zero-pct-apple-card-financing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">zero percent interest financing<\/a>&nbsp;for a number of its products as well. Initially offered for the iPhone in December, the company expanded the zero percent interest option to most of its other options, although the higher-priced ones such as the Mac or iPad Pro have 12 month financing instead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/apple\/2020\/apple-expands-zero-pct-apple-card-financing\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/apple\/2020\/apple-expands-zero-pct-apple-card-financing\/<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Pymnts <\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Pymnts <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4127-logo.png\" alt=\"\">Apple&nbsp;is launching a &ldquo;Path to Apple Card&rdquo; program intended to help declined Apple Card applicants improve their credit worthiness, according to&nbsp;reports. The program will start popping up as an optional method for those who want to get an Apple Card but didn&rsquo;t have the required credit score. Then, they can choose to opt in to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/30\/apple-debuts-credit-improvement-program-for-declined-card-applicants\/\">Continue reading <span>Apple Debuts Credit Improvement Program For Declined Card Applicants<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/30\/apple-debuts-credit-improvement-program-for-declined-card-applicants\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple Debuts Credit Improvement Program For Declined Card Applicants - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/30\/apple-debuts-credit-improvement-program-for-declined-card-applicants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apple Debuts Credit Improvement Program For Declined Card Applicants - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Apple&nbsp;is launching a &ldquo;Path to Apple Card&rdquo; program intended to help declined Apple Card applicants improve their credit worthiness, according to&nbsp;reports. 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