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Maybe so that the Apple logo remains visible during the transaction

but they could have just as easily put the logo and the user's name on the right and the chip on the left

Most people read left-to-right and expect text to start in the top left. It would look absurd if the name was on the right.

My Capital One Visa card is exactly the same so its not just Apple.

Really? I’ve never seen another card like that. Interesting.

I just checked mine half one way half the other so it seems random I guess.

I literally don’t understand why they didn’t make the chip the apple logo. It seems so obvious.

why they didn’t make the chip the apple logo

Because no card reader would then be able to use it:

They could’ve put a larger Apple logo around the chip, but maybe it just didn’t look good.