Archive for April 2017

Banks lose to Apple Pay in competition stoush

Well it’s official. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has finally determined that the “banks” (CBA, Westpac, National and Bendigo & Adelaide Bank) are not allowed to collectively negotiate with Apple for access to the NFC chip on iPhones and corresponding access to the App Store. Although the ACCC agreed that access would in some…

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