“Plans to cut transaction fees on debit and credit cards in the European Union have been published – but there is disagreement over the potential impact. The European Commission estimates that the EU payment market is worth 130bn euros (£112bn) but is ‘fragmented and expensive’. It wants to cap ‘interchange fees’ to a maximum of 0.3% of a transaction. The fees involved are paid by shops and businesses to banks, every time a consumer uses his or her card. But banks argue that consumers will instead end up paying higher charges to use debit and credit cards.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23431543
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