Market Chatter: Visa, Mastercard Win Right to Appeal UK Ruling on Merchant Fees

MT Newswires Live03-18

Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) can appeal a court judgment by the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal that ruled their default multilateral interchange fees charged to retailers breach European competition law, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing a ruling by the UK Court of Appeal.

The report said the companies welcomed the decision, while law firm Scott+Scott, which represents the claimants, said it was "confident that we will resist the application successfully at the substantive appeal."

Visa and Mastercard did not immediately reply to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

Visa shares were little changed in Tuesday trading, and Mastercard rose 0.3%.

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