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A proposed class action lawsuit is taking aim at Apple Pay, claiming that Apple has an illegal monopoly over contactless payments on the iPhone, letting it force card issuers into paying fees (via Bloomberg<\/em><\/a>). The suit is being kicked off by Iowa-based Affinity Credit Union, which issues debit and credit cards that are compatible with Apple Pay, but the company\u2019s lawyers hope to make it a class-action case so other card issuers can join the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
According to the complaint, which you can read in full below, Apple makes over $1 billion a year charging credit card companies up to 0.15 percent per transaction in Apple Pay fees, and yet those same card issuers don\u2019t have to pay anything when their customers use \u201cfunctionally identical Android wallets.\u201d The suit alleges that Apple violates antitrust law by making it so Apple Pay is the only service able to carry out NFC payments on its iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches. It also says that Apple prevents card issuers from passing on those fees to customers, which makes it so iPhone owners don\u2019t have any incentive to go find a cheaper payment method.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThis is the third time the firm has sued the Big Tech giant for antitrust matters.\u201d<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\nAs we\u2019ve discussed at length during the Epic v. Apple<\/em> trial<\/a>, a case like this can hinge on what a judge decides the relevant market might be \u2014 here, the plaintiffs say Apple has a monopoly on \u201cTap and Pay iOS mobile wallets.\u201d But even if a judge agrees that\u2019s true, they could still decide that there\u2019s no real monopoly because customers can always switch to Android, where other mobile wallets exist.<\/p>\n
Lawsuits aren\u2019t automatically granted class-action status \u2014 a judge has to decide whether or not to grant that. However, the law firm handling the case for Affinity, Hagens Berman, has a bit of a track record with class-action suits against Apple; it was involved with getting developers a $100 million settlement<\/a> after alleging that the App Store\u2019s rules were unfair, as well as with the ebook price fixing case<\/a> that ended with Apple returning around $400 million back to customers.<\/p>\n
The goal of the lawsuit, according to a press release<\/a> from the law firm, is to change the Apple policies that force all contactless payments to go through Apple Pay, and to make the company reimburse card issuers for the fees that the plaintiffs claims it illegally charged.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t the only challenge Apple is facing over how it runs Apple Pay. The EU recently objected<\/a> to the fact that third-party developers can\u2019t use the iPhone\u2019s NFC system for payments, claiming that the restrictions lead to \u201cless innovation and less choice for consumers for mobile wallets on iPhones.\u201d Now, the company could face a legal battle over the issue in the US as well.<\/p>\n
Apple didn\u2019t immediately respond to The Verge<\/em>\u2019s request for comment on the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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