Swiss Watchdog Investigates Banks Over Alleged Payments System Boycott

Swiss Watchdog Investigates Banks Over Alleged Payments System Boycott
Switzerland's national flag flies under the logo of Swiss bank UBS in Zurich, Switzerland, on April 24, 2017. Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo/Reuters
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ZURICH—Switzerland’s competition watchdog has raided the offices of financial companies, including Credit Suisse and UBS, to investigate a suspected boycott of mobile payment solutions such as Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.

The competition authority said it was investigating whether the banks, including state-owned PostFinance, colluded with local payments providers not to use the mobile payment systems of the big tech companies.