Apple and Goldman Sachs launch their credit card
But it’s not juicy enough
FINDING THE One is never easy. Plenty of candidates are attractive at first, but their charms are deceptive, or simply fade. Others for whom you pine spurn you. As with love, so it is with credit cards. Bonus offers are tempting, but also fleeting. Reward points pile up, yet linger unused. Unexpected fees sting.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Love at first byte”
Finance & economics August 24th 2019
- Tidjane Thiam’s overhaul of Credit Suisse is paying off
- France is giving unilateralism a go
- China’s interest-rate revamp highlights the slow march of reform
- The Japanification of bond markets
- Apple and Goldman Sachs launch their credit card
- Who wins from foreign investment?
- The onset of a downturn is as much a matter of mood as of money
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