EU Commission: Apple Pay NFC commitments antitrust case
Regulator
European Commission
acted against
Against
Apple committed to let rival mobile wallets use the iPhone's contactless NFC chip for in-store payments, resolving the Commission's concern that Apple Pay was favoured.
The case
- Regulator
- European Commission
- Docket
- AT.40452
- Opened
- Jun 16, 2020 formal proceedings opened Source
- Decided
- Jul 11, 2024
- Status
- ClosedCommitments binding for ten years.
- Outcome
- The Commission made binding Apple's commitments to open iPhone NFC access to third-party mobile wallets.
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