Authors: Aaron McPherson, Bill Bradway, Dana Gould, Marc DeCastro, Karen Massey, Patricia McGinnis, Robert Burbach, Jeanne Capachin, Abhishek Kumar

Perspective
August, 2008  -  Doc # FIN213674
Number of Pages: 7

This Financial Insights Perspective provides the FinTech Advisor's weekly perspective on the financial services industry. It provides financial institutions with timely guidance about maximizing one's technology investments. This week's issue is within the payments area.

New competitors are taking on Visa and MasterCard's interchange pricing scheme as both firms have been busy defending themselves against claims of duopoly pricing. The potential for competitive alternatives may never be better. Are card issuers and the networks (primarily Visa and MasterCard) vulnerable to competitive card-based alternatives? How will this story play out?

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