Apple and Google Urged to Offer Alternative UK Payment Paths

British regulators want Apple and Google to let developers steer users to payment methods beyond the company’s app stores. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a proposal Tuesday (June 30) that would lift the restrictions imposed by the companies that prevent app developers from directing users to alternative methods of payment. “We think it is important to give both app developers and users more choice about how they communicate and how they transact,” Will Hayter , executive dire