Mastercard, Visa dealt UK appeals court blow. Where next for interchange fee litigation
10 July 2018 00:00
Duration: 5:52
Mastercard and Visa suffered a blow after a UK appeals court ruled on claims brought by a host of retailers and said the payment-card operators’ interchange fees are unlawful. Key questions on the fees, which have been subject to litigation across the world for over a decade, now go to a specialist court. And a consumer class-action over the charges is also capturing headlines.
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