A three-judge appeals panel rejected Apple’s request to pause an April 30 order banning the company from charging a fee on in-app iPhone transactions processed outside its once-exclusive payment system in a two-page decision issued late Thursday.

In a blow to Apple, a three-judge appeals panel rejected the tech giant's request to delay an April 30th court ruling that forbids the company from levying fees on in-app iPhone transactions processed outside its once-exclusive payment system.

Apple had asked the court to issue a stay while its appeal made its way through the court. On Wednesday, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected that request.