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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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Returns on Equity, Cost of Equity and the Implications for Banks

16 Mar 2017 Bulletin – March 2017
David Norman
Returns on equity for the major Australian banks have declined of late, following equity raisings in 2015. At the same time, estimates of the cost of raising new equity appear to have fallen very little, despite large declines in risk-free rates.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/mar/6.html

List of tables

10 Sep 2012 PSB Annual Report – 2012
indicate those paid to the acquirer.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2012/tables.html

Non-Banks in the Payments System: A Central Bank Perspective

11 May 2007 Bulletin PDF 49KB
Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin May 2007
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2007/may/pdf/bu-0507-3.pdf

Reform of the Australian Payments System

11 Nov 2004 PSB Annual Report – 2004
If the acquirer were receiving less revenue from interchange payments than its competitors, it would be unlikely to be able to offer merchants as competitive pricing as other acquirers. ... Accepting a lower fee can hurt, not improve, the competitive
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2004/reform.html

Payments System Reform: The Australian Experience

17 May 2005 Bulletin PDF 53KB
Remarks by Dr Philip Lowe, Assistant Governor (Financial System) for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Conference on 'Interchange Fees in Credit and Debit Card Industries: What Role for Public Authorities? Santa Fe, 4-6 May 2005
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2005/may/pdf/bu-0505-3.pdf

Funding the Australian Resources Investment Boom

22 Mar 2013 Bulletin – March 2013
Ivailo Arsov, Ben Shanahan and Thomas Williams
Investment by the Australian resources sector has risen steadily since the early 2000s to be at record levels. Most of the investment has been made by publicly listed companies, with contributions split evenly between Australian and foreign listed
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2013/mar/6.html

Debit Cards

20 Sep 2005 PSB Annual Report – 2005
The proposed standard for EFTPOS interchange fees would limit these fees on the basis of eligible costs incurred by specified acquirers. ... These eligible costs are limited to the processing and switching costs of acquirers.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2005/debit-cards.html

Recent Developments in the Australian Hedge Fund Industry

10 Nov 2006 Bulletin – November 2006
David Jacobs and Susan Black
Both globally and in Australia, hedge funds have played a significant role in the recent wave of mergers and acquisitions, by taking large equity positions in takeover targets and acquirers around
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2006/nov/1.html

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

25 Sep 2003 PSB Annual Report – 2003
ACCC. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Acquirer. an institution that provides a merchant with facilities to accept card payments, accounts to the merchant for the proceeds and clears and settles the ... a fee paid between card issuers and
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2003/glossary.html

Credit and Charge Cards

20 Sep 2005 PSB Annual Report – 2005
of obtaining a better deal, as the schemes are the sole acquirers for transactions on their own cards. ... This difference reflects the fact that, as mentioned above, American Express is the sole acquirer of transactions on its cards.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2005/credit.html