The Apple Pay application opens the door to new competitors in contactless payment. Apple’s new NFC policy could change the way you pay with the iPhone.
Could Apple soon allow you to do without Apple Pay for your payments via iPhone? If Apple Pay is the only mobile payment service available to users of theiPhone, that could soon change. In fact, until now the brand has not allowed any other application to use the NFC technology of its smartphones. But according to a latest report from the Reuters news agency, the situation could change soon.
Apple could soon allow developers toEuropean Union to use its Tap-to-Pay technology. A technology deployed for more than 2 years, in the four corners of the globe and made available since last year in France. Concretely, it will transform your phone, thanks to NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, into a payment terminal. You will be able to make purchases from this application in complete security. Good news for European developers but also for users wishing to download alternative applications.
To go into detail, the European Commission announced that the American giant had committed to allowing third-party payment providers to freely use the iPhone’s NFC technology. Reuters reports that Apple’s proposal would also give developers access to Face ID for user authentication. It would also be possible to choose the default mobile payment applications on your device. If an agreement is reached between Apple and the Commission, the latter would come into force for a period of 10 years. Be careful though, since Apple has still not confirmed whether developers outside the European Union could benefit from NFC technology.