Dutch Antitrust Probe Targets Contactless Payments Like Apple Pay

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) today announced an investigation into contactless platforms on smartphones and the access that payment apps have to NFC capabilities.
According to the ACM, the software that's on some smartphones "only allows the developer's own payment app to connect to NFC communication," preventing third-party payment apps from also being able to use NFC capabilities.Apple is not specifically mentioned in the press release, nor are any other smartphone