In recent years, federal antitrust enforcers and businesses that accept payment cards have been waging a slow war against payment card fees and the card network rules that protect them. The payment card industry’s antitrust...more
Swipe Fee Settlement Yields More Litigation - Although the parties reached a $7.25 billion class action settlement of the antitrust suit brought by merchants against Visa and MasterCard over swipe fees, the case is far...more
Today Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. won approval for a $5.7 billion settlement that ended years of litigation with United States merchants over allegations that credit card swipe fees are improperly fixed. U.S. District Judge...more