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Apple offers to open iPhone NFC payments to third-party providers after EU investigation
After four years, the EU’s investigation nears its end.
Apple will let third-party mobile wallet and payment providers access the iPhone’s NFC capabilities in concessions meant to address a European Commission antitrust investigation, the regulator announced today. The proposed commitments come a little over one and a half years after the Commission formally accused Apple of using its iOS policies to restrict competition in the mobile payments market in violation of EU law. The call for feedback on the commitments comes a week after the Commission’s antitrust lead Margrethe Vestager met with Apple CEO Tim Cook in California.
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