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How are Interchange Fees Calculated?

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Every time a customer makes a payment with a credit or debit card, the merchants acquiring bank pays a fee to the customers card issuing bank. Although these fees go to the issuing bank, the rates are set by card networks like Discover, American Express, Visa , and Mastercard. per transaction.

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UnionPay’s Market Share Dominance

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That’s according to RBR’s Global Payments Cards Data and Forecasts to 2021 study, which also found UnionPay of China is controlling the biggest piece of the $21.6 That’s up from 32 percent in 2014 and in front of Visa and Mastercard. Visa had a 32 percent share, while Mastercard had 20 percent.

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What Is Debit Card Processing & How Does It Work?

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This information is then sent securely to the acquiring bank. The acquiring bank, which processes payments on behalf of the merchant, receives the transaction data and forwards it to the relevant card network (such as Visa or Mastercard).

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Square Heads To The UK, Wells Fargo Hearts NFC And Ant Financial Finds Some Fighting Words

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The industry average to process chip cards is 11 seconds, and we got ours down to 3.6 Supporting Apple Pay at launch in Taiwan will be Visa and Mastercard with support from seven Taiwanese banks: Taishin International Bank, Taipei Fubon Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Cathay United Bank, CTBC Bank, E.SUN Bank and Union Bank of Taiwan.