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Apple Pay may have won the battle but it may not win the war

  • Written by Steve Worthington, Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) decision to deny some of Australia’s major banks the ability to collectively bargain with Apple and boycott Apple Pay, might have opened a whole new door for digital wallets in Australia.

The banks wanted to bargain with Apple for access to the Near-Field Communication...

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