The Australian Competition Authority accepts a court-enforceable undertaking from a credit card company after it addressed competition concerns (Visa)

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Australian Competition Authority, Visa, Press release, 9 March 2021

Visa undertakes to address competition concerns over debit card payments* The ACCC has accepted a court-enforceable undertaking from Visa AP (Australia) Pty Ltd and Visa Worldwide Pte Limited (together, Visa) in relation to concerns that Visa may have limited competition in relation to debit card acceptance through its dealings with large merchants. “The ACCC was concerned that Visa’s strong market position in the credit card acceptance market could be leveraged to limit competition in the debit card acceptance market by tying the offer of cheaper strategic merchant rates for credit card transactions to a commitment from the

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Australian Competition Authority, The Australian Competition Authority accepts a court-enforceable undertaking from a credit card company after it addressed competition concerns (Visa), 9 March 2021, e-Competitions Commitment Decisions, Art. N° 99608

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