Apple Pay targeted by a class action in the United States

Apple Pay is already in the sights ofEurope for possible anti-competitive abuses ofApple, and the situation is also tense in the United States since a cooperative of credit companies based in Des Moines (Iowa), Affinity Credit Union, launched this Monday, July 18 a class action which directly targets the hegemonic position of Apple Pay . The lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Jose, California.

According to the complaint filed by Affinity Credit Union, Apple “exercises its dominance in device markets by requiring consumers of its mobile devices to also acquire its mobile wallet — Apple Pay — and prevents those same consumers from using competing mobile wallets capable of offering “tap and pay” solutions “. »

The class action (as requested) also finds that ” By comparison, on Android devices, consumers have several competing wallets to choose from. Google Pay and Samsung Pay are the leaders. Google, the owner of Android, does not restrict access to NFC technology on Android devices. It is available to all users, including digital wallets that compete with Google’s digital wallet, Google Pay. »