Tag: MasterCard
EU Approves Mastercard Takeover Of Nets, With Concessions
The European Commission has approved the €2.85 billion (US$3.4 billion) take-over by Mastercard of key business units of Nets, subject to the...
EU OKs Buy Of Nets’ Account-To-Account Payment Business By Mastercard
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Nets' account-to-account payment business by Mastercard.
Mastercard Offers EU Concessions In Nets Deal
Mastercard has offered concessions in an attempt to address EU antitrust concerns about its planned purchase of part of Scandinavian payments group...
EU Regulators Eye Mastercard’s $3.2B Bid For Nets
The European Commission’s antitrust regulators are poised to rule on whether Mastercard’s $3.2 billion bid for part of the Scandinavian payments company Nets...
EU To Rule On Mastercard’s Scandinavian e-Pay Deal By August
EU antitrust regulators will decide by August 3 whether to clear Mastercard’s bid for part of Scandinavian payments group Nets, according to...
Mastercard, Visa Face Payouts After UK Court Case
The UK’s top judges ruled in favor of retailers including J Sainsbury in a blow to credit-card companies that could now face...
UK Supreme Court Rules Mastercard, Visa Violated Anti-Competition Laws
Two of the world’s largest credit card companies have lost their bid to assess fees on retailers in the United Kingdom.
In Defense of Class Actions: A Response to Makan Delrahim’s Commentary...
By Michael D. Hausfeld, Irving Scher & Laurence T. Sorkin1
I. Introduction
Few would argue with the proposition that, in the antitrust context, indirect purchaser class...
Are Payment Card Systems’ Multilateral Interchange Fees Anticompetitive by Object under...
By Csongor István Nagy (University of Szeged)1
I. Background
Hungarian banks fixed the interchange fee to be used in the two major payment card systems (MasterCard...
MasterCard Faces UK Supreme Court Over Antitrust Class Action Suit
MasterCard faces two days in front of Britain's highest court to determine whether it potentially owes every adult in the UK a...
