<ul><li>British fintech company Curve has launched contactless payments for iPhone users in the European Union, becoming the second third-party payment service after PayPal to take advantage of Apple's newly opened NFC interface.</li><li>The app, called Curve Pay, allows users to make tap-to-pay purchases without using Apple Pay by leveraging Europe's Digital Markets Act, which forced Apple to open its NFC chip to third-party developers.</li><li>Curve Pay operates as an independent payment authority, enabling users to reassign purchases to different cards after transactions and link various payment sources, along with providing real-time spending analytics and automated cashback programs.</li><li>With over six million users and previously available on Android devices, Curve joins PayPal in offering European iPhone users an alternative to Apple Pay, while German cooperative banks are also set to introduce their own NFC payment solution this September.</li></ul>

Curve Pay Launches iPhone NFC Payments as Apple Pay Alternative

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