Apple Working to Bring More Financial Services In-House
- The effort, dubbed ‘Breakout,’ would replace fintech partners
- Apple eyes payment processing, credit checks and other tasks
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Apple Inc. is developing its own payment processing technology and infrastructure for future financial products, part of an ambitious effort that would reduce its reliance on outside partners over time, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
A multiyear plan would bring a wide range of financial tasks in-house, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans aren’t public. That includes payment processing, risk assessment for lending, fraud analysis, credit checks and additional customer-service functions such as the handling of disputes.