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‘It is not illegal to charge fees,’ Apple tells Brazilian regulator on NFC probe


Brazilian antitrust entity CADE is probing Apple's rules for NFC access, which banks claim to be anticompetitive

Now, a new national payment system in Brazil has a regulatory body taking an even closer look at the iPhone’s NFC, and it appears the company isn’t willing to budge. Following a public session with banking institutions and representatives, CADE opened a preliminary probe into what it classified as Apple’s monopoly in the proximity payment system. He began covering Apple news in Brazilian media in 2012 and later broadened his focus to the wider tech industry, hosting a daily podcast for seven years.

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