Apple Pay: you will soon no longer need to use the integrated solution to make your contactless payments

D'autres solutions de paiement sans contact devraient être proposées. picture alliance – Frank May

The European Commission should accept the American giant's proposal to offer another contactless payment solution than Apple Pay, ending almost two years of legal battle.

Soon you will no longer need to use Apple Pay to make contactless payments. The American giant, which had announced that it wanted to open up to competition to avoid sanctions from the European policeman, should finally approve its proposal approved by the anti-competitive regulators of the European Union, starting next month.

According to Reuters, cited by BFMTV, the origin of the case dates back to May 2022, when the European Commission had accused Apple of blocking competition in contactless payment systems, by imposing its Apple Pay service on users of its mobile phones.

For the executive, the American company "abused its dominant position in the mobile wallet markets"< /em>, by preventing competing solutions from working on its devices.