EU goes after Apple for blocking apps from using iPhone`s NFC payment tech
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What you need to know Apple faces more antitrust concerns, this time over its Apple Pay feature. The European Commission has concerns about Apple`s refusal to allow other apps and services to use its NFC tech for payments. A new report argues that Apple Pay benefits as a result of there being no competition. Apple is accused of blocking access to NFC technology to give Apple Pay a leg up on the competition — competition that can`t even exist on iPhones and Apple Watches. Apple has been hit with the potential for more EU-related problems after it was served with official objections to the way that it locks other apps and services out of the iPhone`s NFC technology. That move gives Apple Pay an unfair advantage, it`s said. In a new antitrust situation that Apple could do without, the European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to the company that outlines concerns over the way iPhone NFC technology is limited to Apple Pay use. The European Commission has informed...