Apple Card Users Impacted By LA Fires Able to Delay Payments

[MacRumors]

Apple and Goldman Sachs are allowing Apple Card customers who have been impacted by the fires in Los Angeles to temporarily postpone their payments if necessary. Details about Apple's Disaster Relief Program for Apple Card users were shared by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

Payment delays are being offered to Apple Card users who live in an area that has been declared a national disaster zone by FEMA, with Apple sending out notices to impacted customers.

Those who are affected by the fires can skip the payment that's due in the month that they enroll in the Relief Program, and no interest will accumulate for that month. An account in good standing will remain current while enrolled in the program, but standard purchase APR applies for the next month.

Customers in Los Angeles who need assistance can contact Apple Card Support via the Messages app to be enrolled.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1877480784648397264

Apple has offered similar Disaster Relief Program options for those impacted by hurricanes and other natural disasters, and it is a benefit that has been available since the Apple Card launched.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said yesterday that Apple plans to donate to support the victims and recovery efforts on the ground in Los Angeles.

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[paul4339]

Good on Apple, I wonder if there are others that have a similar program; also nice that they can use iMessages.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Classy move.

 

[Realityck]

customers who have been impacted by the fires in Los Angeles to temporarily postpone their payments if necessary.

Considering the situation, this is extremely welcomed.

 

[caliguy]

A huge relief to residents of Pacific Palisades!

 

[greenbreadmmm]

Did they do this for NC or FL residents?

Or only because it's CA?

Don't get me wrong, this is great thing to do for people, but I've never seen it before.

 

[MrAperture]

Did they do this for NC or FL residents?

Or only because it's CA?

Don't get me wrong, this is great thing to do for people, but I've never seen it before.

“Apple has offered similar Disaster Relief Program options for those impacted by hurricanes and other natural disasters, and it is a benefit that has been available since the Apple Card launched.”

CA doesn’t really deal with hurricanes…

 

[spartan1967]

And Apple Card/Pay gets even better. Like I said before, one of Apple’s best products ever released.👍

 

[dannyyankou]

Did they do this for NC or FL residents?

Or only because it's CA?

Don't get me wrong, this is great thing to do for people, but I've never seen it before.

As a matter of fact, they did!

https://www.reddit.com/r/HurricaneHelene/comments/1fw84pp/credit_card_relief_assistance_rant_about_capital

You weren’t expecting that answer, were you? And not only did they assist hurricane victims, but this person in the Reddit rants how Capital One doesn’t have a similar program. Good on Apple!

 

[acorntoy]

Did they do this for NC or FL residents?

Or only because it's CA?

Don't get me wrong, this is great thing to do for people, but I've never seen it before.

Yes! It's a relatively common thing for them to extend to any area experiencing extreme natural disasters.
I remember it making the front page at least once before during hurricanes. If your billing zip is in the affected zip codes they send you an email detailing the program so you don't have to watch the news to know (have received that before).

 

[ChrisA]

I got that email just a few hours ago. I don't live in the evacuation zone or even really close to it. But you don't have to live there to be affected by the fire. Close to 2,000 businesses were burned down. This means many people are now unemployed and you can bet a lot that very few of them lived in fire zone.

Also, I ride a bike up Temescal Canyon and every day both sides of the road are parked gardener trucks because there are taco trucks there that are really good. I imagine hundreds of gardeners, housekeepers, and other service people are also now unemployed.

I'd guess that those people working there are worse off then the homeowners. Homeowners will have insurance and most don't work there. Some will get unemployment benefits but gardeners and housekeepers who worked for cash are just "out".

 

[PhoenixAnhart]

Wow aren't they great

 

[acorntoy]

Wow aren't they great

"standard purchase APR applies for the next month"

Help.... but not much.

 

[MakaniKai]

That’s pretty cool of them

 

[acorntoy]

That’s pretty cool of them

Is TTR still a thing?!

Edit: Don't want to spam up the board with another post with non relevant info but i'll check corporate clash out sounds interesting.

 

[MakaniKai]

Is TTR still a thing?!

Yep :3 My toon is from Toontown Corporate Clash, I prefer that version, it has a lot more new stuff while TTR remains very true to the original (including the less fantastic graphic quality)

 

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“Apple has offered similar Disaster Relief Program options for those impacted by hurricanes and other natural disasters, and it is a benefit that has been available since the Apple Card launched.”

CA doesn’t really deal with hurricanes…

A few days every few years there's a four minute live message given to residents so they know what one would feel like though.