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    EU Regulator Charges MasterCard Amid Breach of Antitrust Rules

    2015-07-13T14:00:00Z

    Image: MasterCard is once again in the spotlight, as the European Commission has swooped in on the company’s potential abuse of interchange fees. After a two-year investigation, Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said, “MasterCard is artificially raising the costs of card payments, which would harm consumers and retailers in the European ...