An information processing apparatus capable of configuring interrupt settings of a NFC tag by taking into account the direction of data transfer. An information processing apparatus includes an NFC tag. A user selects either a first function in which a mobile terminal writes data into the NFC tag or a second function in which the terminal reads data held by the NFC tag. The NFC tag is set to one of a first interrupt setting for generating an interrupt signal when data is written into the NFC tag by the terminal, and a second interrupt setting for generating an interrupt signal when data held by the NFC tag is read by the terminal. When the first function is selected, the NFC tag is set to the first interrupt setting, and when the second function is selected, the NFC tag is set to the second interrupt setting.