Several years ago, Apple announced the launch of the Apple Card, a credit card created by the Cupertino company with which you can control your expenses and financial management without problems. However, since its launch, it has hardly left the United States. In this post we tell you the reasons for not expanding this card.
At the level of expansion, the Apple Card has not taken any steps. It’s still a US thing, and even rumors of an upcoming expansion in Canada haven’t come to fruition. Exporting the Apple Card outside the United States is very complicated. One thing that stands out, however, is the slow speed of its international expansion. In fact, it is so, so low that several years after its presentation, the exact number of countries it has reached is one, the United States. Thus, taking into account that we are talking about an American company, we can say that the international expansion of Apple Card is, today, non-existent.
But on the other hand, there were signs of expansion towards other countries that have remained a dead letter. Today there is nothing that makes us optimistic about whether we will see a credit card (or even a debit card) from Apple in Spain, Mexico and other countries. In fact, the official website of the Apple Card itself denotes a certain forgetfulness. There has been some progress in some aspects of Apple Pay, such as Apple Cash (formerly Apple Pay Cash). It has had the occasional timid progress more in rumors and even showed its paw in Spain, but it was more a slip of iOS than anything else. And with everyone getting used to Bizum, many have given up on Apple’s personal money transfer platform. Like the Apple Card, it remains something reserved for Americans.
These are the reasons
At this time there have been several rumors about it. For example, on the occasion of Tim Cook’s visit to Germany in the middle of last year, it was speculated with September 2020 as the moment in which Apple Card could arrive in some countries of old Europe, including Spain. But almost two years after this visit and these rumours, and as expected, no news reached Europe.
in 2021 the Canadian authorities granted the company the registration of the trademarks Apple Card and Apple Cash (the service for payments and money transfers between its users) in the country of maple syrup, beavers and the best of the two views of Niagara Falls (seriously, the view from the American side is a bit disappointing) . But today, in mid-2022, there is still no word on Apple Card in Canada. It is more than likely that Apple Card will no longer leave the United States, and in Europe we have other customs when using credit cards. However, you never know what can happen as Apple always surprises.
