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Retailers and card networks have long clashed over interchange fees. Amazon, one of the world’s largest retailers, has imposed a surcharge on Visa credit-card purchases in Singapore and Australia. Amazon and other big retailers have sued Visa, Mastercard and card-issuing banks, claiming that they collude to avoid competing over interchange fees.
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Amazon has said higher interchange fees on credit-card transactions mean higher prices for shoppers. The fees have stayed high or risen, Amazon said in November, despite technological advances that should have sent them lower. At the time, Visa said it was “disappointed that Amazon is threatening to restrict consumer choice.”
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