Apple launched its virtual credit card Tuesday, after collaborating with Goldman Sachs on the new iPhone extension, which could help diversify the technology giant's sales away from hardware.
Apple unveiled the card last March to attract iPhone phone holders by issuing a card that guarantees the holder 2% of the value of purchases, and not paying any fees when using the payment service "ApplePay", an application to manage funds, and focus on Data privacy.
Apple said a limited number of consumers who showed interest in the card would be alerted by Tuesday's alerts asking them to register.
The card is designed to work on iPhone phones, where the user can register and start using the card immediately after the approval of Apple TV and Apple TV.
Apple offers the option of extracting an actual titanium card, but this card will not carry any numbers.
The card number will be stored on a secure chip inside the phone, and the chip will create virtual numbers for electronic or dial-up calls that require numbers.
Apple focused on privacy, saying that the purchase information would be stored in the user's phone, and could not see the information.
Goldman Sachs will not be allowed to use data for shopping purposes, even if this is to sell other bank products.
Revenue for a company the size of Apple - which achieved sales of $ 265.6 billion in fiscal year 2018 - will not be important to ensure that customers are closely linked to Apple's brand.
"If it works, it will be a new impetus to keep you abreast of Apple and a dodge in Apple's environment, even if something better emerges," said Ben Pagarin, an analyst at Creative Strategies.