Third-party applications could gain access to NFC on the iPhone

With the release of the iPhone 6, Apple introduced NFC for the first time on his devices. As a short parenthesis, NFC (Near Field Communication) allows the exchange of data through radio waves, over small distances.

Currently, most smart Android mobile phones benefit from an NFC chip, which can be used by various applications for data exchange.
The same thing does not happen with Apple devices. American company does not offer NFC access except for his own service, Apple Pay. Service used for contactless payments directly with the iPhone.

The other day, the German Parliament proposed an amendment to a law, through which it will force Apple company to provide NFC access to other companies. In this way, more companies could develop contactless payment applications for iPhone and Apple Watch, and applications such as: Fitbit Pay, Google Pay, ING Pay and BT Pay could also be present on iOS.

At the moment, Apple has not issued any statement to say whether or not it accepts access to NFC and other companies, but it has drawn attention that this step could endanger the security of users' confidential data. The NFC frequency, although it is safe, can be applications that create gaps in the exchange of data when a contactless payment is made.

It is not known if the amendment will be adopted, and if Apple will be forced to do so, but it is worth noting that three Australian banks have been trying since 2016 to obtain access to the iPhone's NFC chip in order to provide customers with contactless payment applications.

Until then, Apple Pay was launched in Europe with three more big players on the banking market. BCR, OTP Bank and Credit Europe.