Near Field Communication (NFC) is one of the most important technologies in modern-day iPhone and Android devices. We use NFC to authenticate payments using Apple Pay, unlock doors, identify owners of ...

Apple will allow third-party developers to access its NFC chip this autumn with the release of iOS 18.1. The move comes on the back of the DMA and European pressure which recently forced Apple to open ...

Facing increasing pressure from regulators, Apple on Wednesday announced it’s opening up NFC transactions to third-party developers. NFC, or near field communication, is the short-range wireless ...

iPhones and Apple Watches could support multiple actions via NFC simultaneously in the future, the NFC Forum today suggested. The NFC Forum, the leading standards body for Near Field Communication ...

We may soon be making "tap and go" payments with something besides Apple Pay. The days of the iPhone’s NFC capabilities being limited to just Apple Pay could be coming to an end. Apple is reportedly ...

Instead of using only Apple Pay to hold over terminals from stores to complete a payment, Apple is now offering the iPhone's NFC to be available for developers to utilize for their respective apps.

The European Commission is set to approve Apple's opening up of Apple's NFC platform to third-party mobile wallets as soon as May, which could help save the iPhone maker from a $40 billion fine. In ...

A new report claims that Apple has offered to open up iPhone near-field communication central to Apple Pay to other payment services, to fight off antitrust claims in the EU. The report on Tuesday, by ...

The EU commission is set to approve Apple’s previously-announced policy changes regarding access to the NFC chip on the iPhone, with the view of increasing competition in the contactless payments ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Under the proposals, Apple will allow developers in the European Economic Area to access iPhone NFC payment ...