Tag: MasterCard
US: New antitrust law powerhouse forms
A US Supreme Court victory against Visa and Mastercard over ATM fees has helped unite two solo antitrust litigators to form a bicoastal firm.
Jonathan...
US: Supreme Court won’t review Visa, Mastercard fees case
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by retailers to revive a $7.25 billion antitrust settlement they reached with Visa...
UK: MasterCard wins court ruling on interchange fees
Mastercard is celebrating a high court ruling in its favor in a lawsuit brought on by some of the UK’s top retailers regarding interchange...
UK: Landmark $17 billion Mastercard class action enters court
The first key hearing in a landmark UK class action against MasterCard gets underway on Wednesday, with the Competition Appeals Tribunal set to determine...
UK: Competition watchdog gives tentative approval to Mastercard VocaLink deal
Mastercard’s proposed acquisition of UK payments technology firm VocaLink took another step closer to approval today when UK regulator the Competition and Markets Authority...
The Two Sides of the Cartes Bancaires Ruling: Assessment of the...
Frederic Pradelles, Andreas Scordamaglia-Tousis, Jan 30, 2015
The European Court of Justice recently delivered two seminal rulings in Groupement des Cartes Bancaires v Commission and...
Antitrust Issues in Two-Sided Network Markets: Lessons from In Re Payment...
Alan Sykes, Jan 30, 2015
In 2013, I served as a court-appointed expert in consolidated class and individual plaintiff antitrust litigation against Visa and Mastercard...
Card Surcharges and Cash Discounts: Simple Economics and Regulatory Lessons
Helene Bourguignon, Renato Gomes, Jean Tirole, Jan 30, 2015
The role of payment cards in modern economies can hardly be underrated. In 2013, debit and...
MIF: The Root of Evil or Just a Scapegoat?
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Lia Vitzilaiou, May 27, 2008
Multilateral interchange fees and their appropriate regulation under EC...
The Drama of Interchange Fees
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Vitor Bento, Mar 31, 2008
The main problem with the economics of card payments...
