Have you been a good enough Apple customer?
Apple's Pay Later service is apparently now just weeks away for US customers, but rumors suggest the tech giant will make you jump some significant hurdles before granting you its financial help.
Apple will also apparently check"whether customers have applied for an Apple Card credit card" and what other cards are linked to theiraccounts. In other words, you'll need a good credit score and preferably a solid record of buying things from the Apple Store to earn access to Apple's 'buy now, pay later' service.
over a charge that it's been restricting access to third parties who want to develop mobile wallet services for iOS devices. But more important to existing iPhone owners will be the financial help Pay Later promises to bring – which is unfortunately pretty limited. While that could be handy for those who want to split the cost of a pricey purchase across a couple of credit card billing cycles, it doesn't really improve on existing options from the likes of Paypal or Affirm .It's a sign of the times that Apple's biggest area of expansion and innovation in 2023 is seemingly in financial services, rather than the products that have made it the world's most valuable company.
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