Here’s the full timeline:
1. VISA and Mastercard exploited their incredible duopoly by charging up to 1.5% in the EU in interchange charges. Here’s the EU draft at that time https://ec.europa.eu/competition/publications/factsheet_interchange_fees_en.pdf.
2. The EU tackled this is anti-trust...
Just covered by a city finance expert on LBC. Here's the difinitive information:
- Visa have increased their charges to Amazon from 0.3% to 1.5%. A price rise of 400%.
- Using the opportunity of our departure from the EU to do so, no longer governed by a regulation.
- Visa's annual profits...