Apple Pay Faces Swiss Antitrust Investigation Over NFC Access

Switzerland's contention authorization has launched a preliminary probe into whether Apple's presumption for granting third-party entree to NFC exertion connected iPhones interruption its antitrust laws.


The Secretariat of the Swiss Competition Commission opened the probe connected December 10 to analyse whether rival mobile outgo apps tin vie reasonably with Apple Pay for contactless payments successful stores.

Android devices freely let third-parties to usage NFC technology, but Apple lone began allowing Swiss app developers to entree its NFC interface successful precocious 2024. The regulator is looking into whether the conditions disagree from those Apple separately agreed to successful the EU past year.

After unit from the European Commission, Apple agreed successful July 2024 to unfastened NFC entree crossed the European Union, of which Switzerland is not a member.

Switzerland's contention watchdog has been engaged successful discussions with Apple since that time. The COMCO probe is present gathering accusation from marketplace participants to determine if Apple's Swiss-specific presumption bash successful information comply with section contention law.
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