The limits are determined by the cardholder's credit score, credit age, and income at the time of application. Cardholders have reported credit limits as low as $50 and as high as $15,000. An Apple Card may be shared using Apple Card Family.
This means you may need up to six months or more of payment history with Apple Card before Goldman Sachs can approve your request for a credit line increase. Learn how your initial Apple Card credit limit is determined.
The maximum Apple Cash balance you're allowed to have after verifying your identity is $20,000. If you're part of Apple Cash Family, the maximum Apple Cash balance you're allowed to have is $4,000.
According to Apple, your Apple Card credit limit is determined by a number of factors including your income, the minimum payment amounts associated with your current debt, your credit utilization ratio and your credit score.
Apple states in its “financial health” info that you can make a credit limit request after having your Apple Card for four months, but, according to the support page, Goldman Sachs uses your credit history with Apple Card to inform any request for credit limit increases, and this can take six months or more.
There are multiple FICO Score versions available for lenders to use. Apple Card uses FICO Score 9. FICO Score 9 ranges from 300 to 850, with scores above 660 considered favorable for credit approval.
The Apple Card is a good credit card that's worth it for people with good credit or better who regularly buy Apple products and services, as well as for iPhone, Mac and iWatch users who are comfortable making purchases using Apple Pay. Owning the Apple Credit Card from Goldman Sachs doesn't have to cost you a thing.
Apple does a soft credit pull when you apply for Apple card so you can see Apple's offer with credit limit and APR. A hard pull happens after you hit the "accept" button.
Increasing your credit limit lowers your credit utilization ratio. If your spending habits stay the same, you could boost your credit score if you continue to make your monthly payments on time. But if you drastically increase your spending with your increased credit limit, you could hurt your credit score.
Your credit score won't be impacted if you're declined, or don't accept your offer. Your credit score might be impacted if your application is approved and you accept your offer. You can apply for Apple Card again, but you might receive the same decision.
If you have an Apple Card account, this information is reported by Goldman Sachs Bank to each of the three major credit bureaus — Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion1 — on at least a monthly basis. Your Apple Card will appear as a separate trade line on your credit report labeled APPLE CARD - GS BANK USA or GS BANK USA.
How many credit accounts is too many or too few? Credit scoring formulas don't punish you for having too many credit accounts, but you can have too few. Credit bureaus suggest that five or more accounts — which can be a mix of cards and loans — is a reasonable number to build toward over time.
Apple Card Family lets you co-own your Apple Card account with one member of your Family Sharing group. You can share your credit line with a co-owner and build credit together as equals. You can even invite another Apple Card owner to combine credit limits with you and form one co-owned account.
A high-limit credit card typically comes with a credit line between $5,000 to $10,000 (and some even go beyond $10,000). You're more likely to have a higher credit limit if you have good or excellent credit.
A good credit limit is above $30,000, as that is the average credit card limit, according to Experian. To get a credit limit this high, you typically need an excellent credit score, a high income and little to no existing debt.
A good rule of thumb is to keep your credit utilization under 30 percent. This means that if you have $10,000 in available credit, you don't ever want your balances to go over $3,000. If your balance exceeds the 30 percent ratio, try to pay it off as soon as possible; otherwise, your credit score may suffer.
About the titanium Apple Card
The titanium Apple Card1 is laser-etched with the card holder's name and the Apple logo. A white finish is achieved through a multi-layer coating process that's added to the titanium base material.
FICO 9 is a credit scoring model owned by the Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO), who introduced it to creditors in 2014 and consumers in 2016. As with FICO's older models, such as FICO 8, it scores your credit on a scale from 300 to 850. Your FICO 9 score indicates how likely you are to repay your debts.
It can take somewhere between 7-10 business days to get approved for the Apple Credit Card. In some cases, you could get immediately approved. If you do, you'll get an offer with your initial credit limit and APR after applying. If you accept the offer, you can start using your Apple Card with Apple Pay.
Apple Card is the first consumer credit card Goldman Sachs has issued, and they were open to doing things in a new way. And the strength of the Mastercard network means Apple Card is accepted all over the world.
The Apple Card has already run into controversy. The metal itself is highly impractical: users are told to avoid putting the 14.75g card in a leather wallet to prevent discoloration, and to wipe it gently “with a soft, slightly damp, lint-free microfibre cloth” to maintain it.
There have been reports of some being approved with credit scores as low as 620. Therefore, you'll need to make sure you have at least what is considered "fair" credit if you want a decent chance of being approved.
If a participant is 18 years or older and doesn't want to be part of Apple Card Family, they can apply for their own Apple Card account. If their application is approved and they accept their Apple Card offer, they get their own account and are removed from the shared Apple Card account.