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Could Visa and Mastercard Credit Card Settlement Cause Issues for Issuing Banks and Consumers?

The Fintech Times

Earlier this week, payment giants Visa and Mastercard agreed to lower fees charged to merchants for credit card transactions in the US, following a lawsuit spanning almost two decades. In a move that could collectively save merchants as much as $30billion, Visa and Mastercard have agreed to reduce so-called ‘interchange’ fees by 0.04 percentage points for a minimum of three years, and to cap them at the same level seen at the end of 2023 for five years – subject to approval by