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.

The first step in Apple's appeal process over the enforced changes to payment methods in the App Store has been denied.

Following a study looking into the success of the App Store ecosystem in the United States, Apple has sponsored a second study that covers the