Interbanking commissions: The Competition Authority obtains a substantial reduction of the main interchange fees and takes part in the development of the "merchant indifference test", which is a new reference for assessment of the level of interchange fees (GIE Cards)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. After cheques, and before interbank commissions set by other banks card payment systems (Mastercard, Visa, etc.), as well as other payment systems the Competition Authority has closed, by means of the commitments, and through Decision No. 11-D-11 of 7 July 2011, the procedure initiated against the Groupement des Cartes Bancaires following the of the Fédération des entreprises du Commerce et de la Fédération des entreprises du Commerce et de la Distribution (FCD) and the Conseil du Commerce de France (CdCF) on the subject of the interbank fees related to card transactions, focusing on the following particular to the interbank payment commission (IPC). One