Image via WikipediaFederal Reserve Regulations Would Harm Consumers, Provide Windfall to Large Merchants
PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MasterCard Worldwide said today that the proposal issued by the Federal Reserve fails to follow the statutory directive to consider the full range of costs incurred by issuers to operate their debit card programs. If adopted as proposed, the regulations would shift merchant costs directly to consumers.
“This type of price control is misguided and anti-competitive, and in the end is harmful to consumers.”
“Experience demonstrates that consumers, not banks or payments networks are the biggest losers as a result of this regulation,” said Noah Hanft, MasterCard’s general counsel. “This type of price control is misguided and anti-competitive, and in the end is harmful to consumers.”
MasterCard Worldwide is reviewing the draft regulations proposed by the Federal Reserve and plans to file formal comments in the coming weeks as part of the public comment period.
About MasterCard Worldwide
As a leading global payments company, MasterCard Worldwide prides itself on being at the heart of commerce, helping to make life easier and more efficient for everyone, everywhere. MasterCard serves as a franchisor, processor and advisor to the payments industry, and makes commerce happen by providing a critical economic link among financial institutions, governments, businesses, merchants, and cardholders worldwide. In 2009, $2.5 trillion in gross dollar volume was generated on its products by consumers around the world. Powered by the MasterCard Worldwide Network — the fastest payment processing network in the world — MasterCard processes over 22 billion transactions each year and has the capacity to handle 140 million transactions per hour, with an average network response time of 140 milliseconds and with 99.99 percent reliability. MasterCard advances global commerce through its family of brands, including MasterCard®, Maestro®, and Cirrus®; its suite of core products such as credit, debit, and prepaid; and its innovative platforms and functionalities, such as MasterCard PayPass™ and MasterCard inControl™. MasterCard serves consumers, governments, and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. For more information, please visit us at www.mastercard.com. Follow us on Twitter:@mastercardnews.
Contacts
MasterCard Worldwide
Jim Issokson, 914-249-6286
James_issokson@mastercard.com
or
Barbara Gasper, 914-249-4565
Investor_Relations@mastercard.com
Jim Issokson, 914-249-6286
James_issokson@mastercard.com
or
Barbara Gasper, 914-249-4565
Investor_Relations@mastercard.com
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