Payment Card Interchange Fee &
Merchant Discount Antitrust litigation
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Disclaimer: Claim forms are being delivered and are available online beginning December 1, 2023. Class members need not sign up for a third-party service in order to participate in any monetary relief. No-cost assistance is available from the Class Administrator and Class Counsel during the claims-filing period. For additional information regarding the status of the litigation, interested persons may visit www.paymentcardsettlement.com, the Court-approved website for this case.
Settlement Amount
$5.54 billion
Class Period
January 1, 2004 – January 25, 2019
Filing Deadline
February 4, 2025
Defendants
Visa, MasterCard, and Various Member Banks
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FAQ’s
What is this settlement about?
The underlying lawsuit alleges that the Defendants Visa, MasterCard, and their member banks, engaged in anticompetitive practices, including collusion, that artificially inflated the interchange fee that all merchants paid during the Class Period to accept Visa and MasterCard branded credit and debit cards.
What is an interchange fee?
When a cardholder makes a purchase with a credit or debit card, there is an interchange fee attributable to those transactions, which is usually around 1% to 2% of the purchase price. Interchange fees typically account for the greatest part of the fees paid by merchants for accepting Visa and MasterCard branded cards.
Who is qualified in the Settlement?
All persons, businesses, and other entities that accepted any Visa and/or MasterCard branded cards in the United States between January 1, 2004 and January 25, 2019.
Disclaimer: Claim forms are being delivered and are available online beginning December 1, 2023. Class members need not sign up for a third-party service in order to participate in any monetary relief. No-cost assistance is available from the Class Administrator and Class Counsel during the claims-filing period. For additional information regarding the status of the litigation, interested persons may visit www.paymentcardsettlement.com, the Court-approved website for this case.