Inquiry urges crackdown on Apple’s digital wallet ‘stranglehold’


A parliamentary inquiry has urged Treasury to review Apple’s market power in the payments system and consider European-style regulation to force the tech giant to open up its payment technology.

In a report tabled on Monday, the powerful Economics committee chaired by Labor MP Ed Husic sided with banks in the latest chapter of a long-running stoush with the iPhone maker over Apple Pay.

The six-month inquiry found the banks’ …

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