Apple, Barclays and Goldman Sachs
Barclays raised the firm’s price target on Goldman Sachs (GS) to $760 from $713 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares following the Q4
The Apple Card, which has now been available in the USA for over five years, needs a new bank. Now there are other candidates.
Analyst Betsy Graseck from Morgan Stanley maintained a Buy rating on Goldman Sachs Group (GS – Research Report) and increased the price target
The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS – Get Free Report) had its price objective boosted by equities researchers at Barclays from $588.00 to $713.00 in a research note issued on Monday,Benzinga reports.
It's been Goldman Sachs in the background since the Apple Card's launch in 2019. Ever since its introduction in 2019, the Apple Card has been powered
JPMorgan Chase has also been in talks with Apple about the credit card business since last year. Talks with AMEX reportedly stalled, likely due to the financial company’s reluctance to sacrifice its well-known AMEX brand by appearing to be in a secondary position to Apple in the partnership.
Apple is exploring partnerships with Barclays and Synchrony to replace Goldman Sachs as its credit card partner as Goldman scales back its consumer finance ambitions.
Goldman's credit card deal with Apple lasts until 2030, but the partnership may end sooner than that, Goldman CEO David Solomon told analysts on an earnings call on Wednesday.