Apple is broadening the reach of NFC on the iPhone by opening the technology to third-party apps. Starting with iOS 18.1, developers will be able to offer contactless transactions from their own apps ...

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 ...

Apple has announced that it is opening up the iPhone’s NFC chip using the Secure Element to allow for third-party contactless payments, separate from Apple Pay and Apple Wallet. This feature will ...

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.

Switzerland’s competition authority is reviewing Apple’s iPhone NFC access terms to assess potential antitrust issues.

Currently, there is no passive Near Field Communication (NFC) reader—or any other type of RFID reader, for that matter—built into an Apple iPhone (see Apple Eschews NFC). But there are a number of ...