Exclusive: Interchange Fee Regulation Working, European Commission Report Finds

The European Union’s cap on interchange fees for card payments has successfully pushed down costs for merchants and consumers but competition benefits have been muted, a study underpinning Brussels’s looming review of the Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR) has found.

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