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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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The Cost of Card Payments for Merchants
19 Mar 2020
Bulletin
– March 2020
Data on merchants’ costs of accepting card payments show large differences in payment costs across both merchants and card systems.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2020/mar/the-cost-of-card-payments-for-merchants.html
Bulletin
17 Apr 2024
Bulletin
- April 2024
PDF
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2024/apr/pdf/bulletin-2024-04.pdf
A Model of Competing Payment Systems
17 Apr 2009
RDP
2009-02
The absence of separate issuers and acquirers in the model makes it appropriate to such a setting. ... Despite the absence of distinct issuers and acquirers (and consequent lack of explicit interchange fees), the model could arguably still be used to
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2009/2009-02/model-competing-payment-systems.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
16 Aug 2007
Bulletin
PDF
672KB
Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin August 2007
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2007/aug/pdf/bu-0807-1.pdf
The Cost of Card Payments for Merchants
18 Mar 2020
Bulletin
- March 2020
PDF
605KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2020/mar/pdf/the-cost-of-card-payments-for-merchants.pdf
Bulletin March Quarter 2021
22 Mar 2021
Bulletin
- March 2021
PDF
6101KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2021/mar/pdf/bulletin-2021-03.pdf
Developments in the Buy Now, Pay Later Market
18 Mar 2021
Bulletin
– March 2021
The buy now, pay later (BNPL) sector is growing rapidly and new providers and business models are emerging.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2021/mar/developments-in-the-buy-now-pay-later-market.html
Payment Surcharges Economics Regulation And Enforcement
12 Dec 2018
Bulletin
- December 2018
PDF
564KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2018/dec/pdf/payment-surcharges-economics-regulation-and-enforcement.pdf
Contingent Claim Model of a Bank
1 Mar 1993
RDP
9302
Alternatively, a purchaser may be located for the failed institution; the acquirer receives the assets and the licence of the failed bank, and assumes all of the liabilities. ... Thus, the deposit guarantor pays the acquirer B (ϕB A) = (1 ϕ)B A if that
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1993/9302/contingent-claim-model-bank.html
Payment Surcharges: Economics, Regulation and Enforcement
13 Dec 2018
Bulletin
– December 2018
The Reserve Bank's new rules on surcharging, which are enforced by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), allow businesses to recover the cost of accepting different payment methods but prevent them from surcharging excessively.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2018/dec/payment-surcharges-economics-regulation-and-enforcement.html