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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

In Apple 's annual report , the tech giant discussed the impact that various legal proceedings and new regulations around the world could have on its operations and financial conditions. Apple said that, regardless of the merit of those claims, the lawsuits can prove expensive, costing time and disrupting day-to-day management.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Dutch antitrust regulators have launched an investigation into freedom of choice regarding payment apps and is eyeing Apple Pay’s limitations, Bloomberg reported. Although the antitrust regulator didn’t mention Apple by name, it said in a press release on Friday (Dec. Apple has denied any outside access to the chip.

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AUGUST 19, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Brian Bogosian , CEO at sticky.io , an integrated eCommerce subscription management and recurring billing platform, said that Apple’s continued push into subscriptions is only one example of the allure of subscription eCommerce, and where it is headed. Looking Ahead .

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

For Apple , there seems to be an increasing interest in its digital wallet, and how the firm is competing in the payments realm. The Commissioner also said, “People see that it becomes increasingly difficult to compete in the market for easy payments.”. Big Tech has gotten, is getting and will get its share of regulatory scrutiny.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

To that end, Apple is facing more scrutiny centered on its payments ecosystem, and the tech underpinning that ecosystem. 4), Dutch antitrust regulators have been looking at the company – specifically into Apple’s Pay’s near-field communications (NFC) operability. As reported by Bloomberg on Friday (Dec.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

As criticism of the app stores run by Apple and Google heats up in the U.S., Economic Times sources commented that "Android has a 97 percent market share in India. One key feature of the Indian government’s plan: The new app store would not charge the 30 percent fees that Google's and Apple ’s stores do. In the U.S.,

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Apple has been ordered to face a lawsuit from shareholders over CEO Tim Cook's reported concealment of falling iPhone demand in China, Reuters reports, which caused investors to lose billions. pension fund, can sue over Cook's 2018 comment that while the iPhone was facing sales pressure in some markets, China was not among them.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

The country’s four largest tech firms wasted no time pushing back on a congressional antitrust report that suggested Amazon , Apple , Facebook and Google have become too powerful and might need to be broken up. All large organizations attract the attention of regulators, and we welcome that scrutiny,” the company wrote.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

India’s competition watchdog is taking aim at Google for allegedly abusing its market power to push its payments app in one of the world’s fastest-growing markets. The search giant appears to have taken a page from Apple , requiring app developers to use Google Play’s payment system and its in-app billing service to charge users.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

The jury is still out as to whether Apple is indeed a monopoly, and/or whether it has a detrimental effect on its competitors across a slew of verticals at all. But in the eyes, and the words, of one Tim Cook, Apple CEO, monopolies are not inherently bad. “And that is for regulators to decide, not for me to decide.”

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JANUARY 6, 2021

The largest manufacturer of ceramic capacitors for Apple and other smartphone makers, Murata Manufacturing Co., Murata said it is the global leader in multilayer ceramic capacitors, which are used to regulate electric flow in circuit boards, powering electronics from smartphones to cars. Apple, Samsung Electronics Co.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

The EU is looking even further into possible antitrust violations regarding Apple , with regulators trying to find out if online sales companies were ordered to use the tech giant’s mobile payment service instead of rival services.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Apple ’s CEO believes that new regulations for the tech industry are “inevitable.”. According to the Financial Times , Tim Cook said in an interview that “the free market is not working” and that the tech industry should embrace regulation. Generally speaking, I am not a big fan of regulation,” he said.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

Apple has been working on electric-vehicle concepts for several years. There has been keen interest in electric vehicle startups with the incredible market success of Elon Musk ’s Tesla , which has gone up to a valuation of more than $700 billion. Hyundai, in commenting on the talks with Apple, said that “nothing has been decided.”

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

The Apple payment platform, Apple Pay, is again being investigated by the European Commission again, MLex reported on Wednesday (Oct. A report says that European Union antitrust regulators are gathering information from other payments companies about Apple’s marketplace decorum. among retailers and transit systems.

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MARCH 17, 2019

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced that it is planning to steadily develop a system of rules to regulate financial technology (FinTech) in the country. China has become an emerging FinTech market due to its expanding middle class, rapid digitization and electronic payments adoption. “A

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Apple is pulling all 181 vaping -related apps currently available on its App Store as health concerns mount over vaping-related illnesses and 42 vaping-related deaths, Axios reported on Friday (Nov. Apple device users who have already downloaded the apps will be able to continue using them, the company said.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

s Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has begun an investigation to look at whether Google’s proposals would hurt publishers and give the Big Tech behemoth an even bigger piece of the online advertising pie, Reuters reported on Friday (Jan. regulator’s CEO, told Reuters.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Regulation. EU Gears Up To Propose New Big Tech Regulations. The European Commission has rolled out high-profile probes into firms such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon over worries that their market supremacy is negatively impacting competition. Australian Regulator Looks Into Merger Law Changes.

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DECEMBER 31, 2019

Apple is among the many U.S. Google, Samsung and Dell joined Apple and the Association of Trading Companies and Manufacturers of Household Electrical Equipment and Computers (RATEK) in petitioning Russian authorities to drop the restrictions. “The initiative is potentially harmful to the market.

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MARCH 3, 2020

Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a competition regulator in the U.K., said his fellow regulators have been too soft on digital mergers, and consumers have suffered as a result, according to the Financial Times. He also called for stronger abilities to go after large tech companies.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Apple ’s iPhone XR is being assembled in India and will be sold in the country, according to reports. Apple doesn’t have a huge share of the Indian market, partly because of regulations that serve a 20 percent tax on imported high-end phones like the iPhone. But we have to be careful not to be too optimistic.

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OCTOBER 11, 2020

European Union (EU) regulators are drawing up a list of up to 20 large internet companies, possibly including Facebook and Apple, to be targeted with far more strict regulations in the future to limit their market power, according to a report from the Financial Times (FT). headquarters in Silicon Valley.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

Visa, and more specifically Visa Direct, made two great pushes for outward expansion, while Apple is working to push both its new card and its new line of phones, possibly in reaction to its China slowdown. During Apple’s last earnings call, CEO Tim Cook hinted this development was on the way. This week we saw a little bit of both.

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JULY 2, 2020

Facebook ’s Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai of Google , Apple ’s Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos from Amazon are expected to face no-holds-barred questions from lawmakers about the tech giants’ business practices. The panel has pressed for tougher antitrust rules and enforcement.

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AUGUST 10, 2017

Apple has been engaging in anti-competitive behavior in China, its largest mobile applications market, according to a lawsuit filed with regulators in that country. In a statement, Lin Wei, counsel at Dare and Sure, said that “[Apple founder] Steve Jobs represented the American dream.

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

In today’s top news in payments, Goldman plans to launch a robo advisor for clients with lower investment capital than traditional customers, and Apple plans to offer 0 percent installment financing on iPhones bought with the Apple Card. Apple Updates Wallet App to Reflect iPhone Financing for Apple Card Users.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

German antitrust regulators are investigating both Amazon and Apple over possible anticompetitive behavior in the country, according to German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, quoted by Reuters. One example is Amazon's work with Apple. Germany is the second-biggest market for Amazon after the U.S., according to Reuters.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Apple ’s iPhone XR is being assembled in India and will be sold in the country, according to reports. Apple doesn’t have a huge share of the Indian market, partly because of regulations that serve a 20 percent tax on imported high-end phones like the iPhone. But we have to be careful not to be too optimistic.

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JUNE 4, 2019

Two app makers are suing Apple over what they say are anti-competitive practices by the App Store, according to a report by Reuters. Cameron, and they said Apple’s practice of only letting iPhone apps be downloaded through the App Store is anti-competitive. EU regulators are waiting to hear a response from Apple.

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MARCH 15, 2019

The European Union’s competition regulator might launch a probe of Apple over antitrust allegations. We have to examine the role of Apple and Apple’s app store,” she was quoted as saying, according to Reuters. “If The tech giant is accused of using its app store to gain an advantage for its own services over rivals.

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JUNE 3, 2019

Apple stock was affected negatively on Monday (June 3) by news that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering an investigation into the tech giant, according to a report by CNBC. Apple shares fell almost 2 percent after the report, and they were trading higher than usual before the news.

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MARCH 18, 2019

It’s been a whirlwind few weeks — OK, make that months — for big tech firms as regulators look ever more closely at business tactics. As we noted in this space, Apple has increasingly been embracing a business model where services have been a point of focus.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Search results in the Apple App Store will no longer feature Apple’s own apps first, The New York Times reported on Monday (Sept. Competitors raised antitrust concerns with global regulators, sources told the newspaper. Rather, it was simply a decision to help developers at Apple’s expense.”.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

In Europe, the continued evolution of data policies and regulation now point toward a single market across the Continent. As reported mid week, the European Commission is planning a single European market for data , in hopes that by pooling talent, the region can compete with Big Tech in Silicon Valley and China.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Laws and regulators sometimes create seismic shifts within industries – where new mandates and rulings on trade and competitive practices can be likened to a sledgehammer. Vestager has said the injunctions would be more widely deployed as antitrust investigations continue into Google, Amazon and Apple, among others. “If

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Apple was ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling older models of the iPhone after China found that the iPhone maker infringed on Qualcomm patents. The Wall Street Journal , citing the Chinese court proceedings, reported that Apple was found to have infringed on two patents held by Qualcomm, which makes chips for the mobile phone market.

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