By John Moltz
January 9, 2026 2:00 PM PT
This Week in Apple: Wild Apple Potential

Apple chooses an Apple Card heir, one App Store app just gets worse and worse, and a PC vendor surprises.
Cutting to the Chase
Les jeux sont faits, madames et monsieurs, and will whoever had “a big bank, one that’s about as bad as the previous big bank” in the pool, please claim your reward of absolutely nothing.
It’s not like it was gonna be the Bailey Bros. Building & Loan.
“WSP: JPMorgan Chase Reaches Deal to Take Over Apple Credit Card”
This is apropos of absolutely nothing, but I thought you needed to know it: on my first try I typo-ed those first three letters as “WAP”. But, honestly, I wouldn’t say no to a financial publication by Megan Thee Stallion. Before you mock the idea, ask yourself this: do you own a Popeye’s? I DIDN’T THINK SO.
There are still about 8,000 details to be worked out about how this transfer will take place.…