DoJ claims company stifles competition by threatening merchants with high fees and pays off potential rivals
The US Department of Justice sued Visa for alleged antitrust violations on Tuesday, accusing one of the world’s largest payment networks of suppressing competition by threatening merchants with high fees and paying off potential rivals.
Visa processes more than 60% of debit transactions in the US, bringing it $7bn each year in fees collected when transactions are routed over its network, the justice department said. The company protects that dominance through agreements with card issuers, merchants and competitors, prosecutors allege.
More Stories
What does Elon Musk want from all this politicking?
Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children
Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones and New York Post sue AI firm for ‘illegal copying’