Comments on: Regulating Payment Card Interchange Fees - The Case of Australia http://www.thecatalystcode.com/theconversation/blog/2008/03/10/regulating-payment-card-interchange-fees-the-case-of-australia/ The Catalyst Code Thu, 17 May 2012 20:35:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Pascale Brien http://www.thecatalystcode.com/theconversation/blog/2008/03/10/regulating-payment-card-interchange-fees-the-case-of-australia/#comment-23187 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:56:03 +0000 http://www.thecatalystcode.com/theconversation/blog/2008/03/10/regulating-payment-card-interchange-fees-the-case-of-australia/#comment-23187 More than 2 years later.................................here I come with an evidence that is often forgotten: the European Commission has been ruling on interchange fees since..................................1984 (eurocheque case, with a negative interchange) and exempted them all until the MasterCard decision of december 2007...in which it took a completely different approach (two-sided market, which should not be applied to multilateral payment schemes as it is done currently)... In summary, we have a long, very long history over here on the compatibility between interchange fees and competition rules. Best regards, Pascale More than 2 years later……………………………here I come with an evidence that is often forgotten: the European Commission has been ruling on interchange fees since…………………………….1984 (eurocheque case, with a negative interchange) and exempted them all until the MasterCard decision of december 2007…in which it took a completely different approach (two-sided market, which should not be applied to multilateral payment schemes as it is done currently)…

In summary, we have a long, very long history over here on the compatibility between interchange fees and competition rules.

Best regards,

Pascale

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