Apple will be legally required to open up its mobile payment technology to third parties in Europe after regulators raised antitrust concerns over several years.
The change provides the European market the access long sought by Australian banks, which must still route their tap and go payments through Apple Pay.
The US tech giant offered the commitment to the European Commission, which overnight announced it would legally enforce the access for the next decade.
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