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June 23, 2005

Merchants Expand Credit-Card Fight

According to The Wall Street Journal, "The nation's largest banks face a growing legal and regulatory threat to one of their richest sources of profit: the more than $20 billion in transaction fees they charge merchants each year on every credit-card purchase made through MasterCard International Inc. or Visa USA Inc.

"More merchants are challenging these fees, alleging that banks -- acting collectively through Visa and MasterCard -- are illegally fixing prices. Some recently have won large, undisclosed settlements with Visa and MasterCard that slash the charges, known as interchange fees. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation's largest retailer, won concessions valued at more than $1 billion, while others, including Best Buy Co., Toys "R" Us Inc., Home Depot Inc. and CVS Corp. are negotiating or have already won fee cuts, lawyers close to these cases said.

"Now other merchants are preparing lawsuits against Visa, MasterCard and banks, suits that some analysts say could prove more costly than the $3 billion settlement merchants won in a court fight last year over debit-card fees. One of the first was filed in federal court in Connecticut yesterday, alleging price-fixing, collusion and conspiracy in the setting of interchange fees."

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Of interest from the Joint Center:

The Economics of a Cashless Society: An Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Payment Instruments
Daniel D. Garcia Swartz, Robert W. Hahn, and Anne Layne-Farrar

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