We are heading into the height of industry conference season. One of my favorites is the Association for Financial Professionals’ annual conference. This year’s event, AFP2024, will take place in Nashville from October 20-23, and I’m honored to be moderating a panel on Request for Payment alongside colleagues from Netflix, US Bank, and The Clearing House.
Topics: Vendor Contract Negotiation, Bank Vendor Management, Credit Union Vendor Management
Roughly a week ago, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, calling into question how they retained and gained its debit card market share in the post-Durbin era. The DOJ has alleged that Visa created a “web of unlawful anti-competitive agreements to penalize” financial institutions, merchants and processors for using competing payment networks. In addition, the DOJ suspects the card network used its monopoly power to squash innovative and potentially lower cost debit alternatives by companies such as Apple, PayPal, and Block. But what could this lawsuit mean for the payments industry moving forward?
Topics: Payments
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