by Lisa Poyner | Oct 1, 2012 | Insights
The National Restaurant Association is joining opponents of a proposed $7.2 billion antitrust settlement between some merchants and Visa and MasterCard over credit card transaction fees. NRA’s main worry is that the settlement would bar all Visa- and... by Lisa Poyner | Mar 22, 2012 | Insights
Visa and MasterCard both experienced increases in their payments volumes last month. Visa’s total U.S. payments volume increased by 10 percent in February compared with February 2011, while the gross dollar volume of U.S. transactions that were processed by... by Lisa Poyner | Nov 30, 2011 | Insights
The United States is the last substantial market to resist widespread adoption of the EMV chip and pin standard, but over the past year, the outlook for EMV has improved significantly, with backing from Visa, and to some extent, MasterCard. That’s caused Gemalto, a...