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RBA Glossary definition for acquirer
acquirer – An institution that provides a merchant with facilities to accept card payments
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Recent Developments in the Australian Hedge Fund Industry
13 Nov 2006
Bulletin
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Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin November 2006
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2006/nov/pdf/bu-1106-1.pdf
Payments System Board Annual Report 2003 - Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
22 Sep 2005
PSB Annual Report
2003
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2003/pdf/glossary.pdf
Funding the Australian Resources Investment Boom
20 Mar 2013
Bulletin
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Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin March 2013
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2013/mar/pdf/bu-0313-6.pdf
The Cost of Card Payments for Merchants
14 Sep 2022
Bulletin
- September 2022
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2022/sep/pdf/the-cost-of-card-payments-for-merchants.pdf
Competition and Efficiency
21 Mar 2002
PSB Annual Report
– 2001
Interchange fees are a type of transfer payment that enables credit card issuers to recover some of their costs from acquirers and, in turn, from merchants. ... In Australia, interchange fees for proprietary debit card (EFTPOS) payments are negotiated
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2001/competition.html
Payments System Board Annual Report 2010 - Competition and Co-operation in Retail Payments
25 Oct 2010
PSB Annual Report
2010
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225KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2010/pdf/comp-coop.pdf
Reform of Card Payment Systems
26 Sep 2006
PSB Annual Report
– 2006
The system is built around a series of bilateral business contracts and technical links between issuers and acquirers. ... what this might be, remains a matter for negotiation between issuers and acquirers.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2006/reform-card.html
Developments in the Retail Payments System
2 Oct 2009
PSB Annual Report
– 2009
Under the regulations, the weighted average of these fees (which are paid by the transaction acquirer to the card issuer) must be at or below specified benchmarks on certain compliance dates. ... These fees (which are bilaterally negotiated and are paid
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2009/dev-payments.html
The Board's First Year
1 Oct 1999
PSB Annual Report
– 1999
In credit card transactions, the interchange fee flows from acquirers to issuers. ... The merchants pay merchant service fees to their acquirers at least equal to the interchange fee.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/1999/first-year.html
Developments in the Payments System
13 Sep 2007
PSB Annual Report
– 2007
While all acquirers and merchants will need to offer the option of PINs for credit cards, cardholders will, if they wish, still be able to sign in the usual way. ... Under both schemes' incentive arrangements, if a chip card is used in a non-chip terminal
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2007/dev-payments.html