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Regulators, Visa
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that, as the result of a DOJ antitrust
investigation, 'Visa Inc. has rescinded a rule that required
merchants to treat Visa-branded debit cards differently when used
as a PIN-debit card (and processed via non-Visa ne
Tags » Debit
Cards, Financial
Regulators, Visa
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that, as the result of a DOJ antitrust
investigation, 'Visa Inc. has rescinded a rule that required
merchants to treat Visa-branded debit cards differently when used
as a PIN-debit card (and processed via non-Visa ne
自2008年6月4日起,澳大利亚的信用卡持卡人可以选择密码支付。这对银联业务来说是件好事,因为目前有很多交易是因为密码而被拒。
From 4 June 2008 most American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard
or Visa cardholders have the choice of how they pay.
They can continue to sign to accept transactions, or enter a
Personal Identification Number (PIN) at point of sale machines in
participating shops across Australia.
Discover
Effective April 4th, Discover is reducing the timeliness for all
Prime Submission Level programs by 1 day. Timeliness refers to the
number of days from when a transaction is processed until it is
submitted through Interchange to Discover (most industries set at 2
days). Your best practice is to settle daily.
Also effective April 4th, Discover is increasing Supermarket
rates by +0.05%, decreasing Debit Express Services Interchange by
-0.05%, increasing Debit Petroleum by +0.02% and Commercial
Electronic by +0.04%.
January & February 2008 Overview
MasterCard
MasterCard has announced increases to their cross border assessment
for each transaction acquired in the US for non-US issued cards
processed. Effective January 2008, this fee will increase to 0.30%
(30 basis points) for transactions settled in U.S. dollars.
Also effective January 1, 2008, MasterCard will increase its
Acquirer Progr
VISA和万事达颁布了于四月开始在美国生效的新交换费率,其内容与原有的交换费率什么区别呢?这里转贴一篇比较详细的文章介绍。
- April 1st is historically the date of the annual revisions to
payment card interchange fees. Both Visa (for
Visa USA and for
Interlink) and MasterCard
published their new US interchange fees this week.
Important MasterCard and Visa Interchange
Updates
April 2008 Interchange Overview
Visa and MasterCard have announced Interchange modifications to
become effective April 2008.
Visa
Visa is implementing an International
Service Assessment (ISA) fee on U.S. acquired transactions
发现卡金融服务公司近日宣布,已与花旗银行签订协议,以1.65亿美元收购该银行旗下的大莱卡。根据条款约定,发现卡公司将收购大莱卡国际网络(其北美地区之外消费交易额每年超过300亿美元)、品牌和商标、雇员以及世界范围内发行大莱卡的44家机构及其维护的受理网络(在185个国家中超过800万家商户和现金受理点)。花旗表示将继续支持大莱卡的发展,并仍将是大莱的长期

发卡合作机构。
在未来两至三年之后,发现卡公司希望能合并