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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 Personal Credit Card Market in Australia: Pricing over the Past Decade
10 Mar 2012
Bulletin
– March 2012
sole acquirer for transactions on its cards, and typically also the sole issuer. ... and Visa cards, and have been able to use the threat of surcharging in their negotiations with acquirers.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2012/mar/7.html
Bulletin September Quarter 2022
14 Sep 2022
Bulletin
- September 2022
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2022/sep/pdf/bulletin-2022-09.pdf
The Personal Credit Card Market in Australia: Pricing over the Past Decade
14 Mar 2012
Bulletin
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Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin March Quarter 2012
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2012/mar/pdf/bu-0312-7.pdf
Returns on Equity, Cost of Equity and the Implications for Banks
16 Mar 2017
Bulletin
– March 2017
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
Reform of the Payments System
16 Mar 2005
Bulletin
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Address by Dr Philip Lowe, Assistant Governor (Financial System) to Visa Interantional Australia and New Zealand Member Forum 2 March 2005 Werribee
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2005/mar/pdf/bu-0305-3.pdf
Non-Banks in the Payments System: A Central Bank Perspective
11 May 2007
Bulletin
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Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin May 2007
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2007/may/pdf/bu-0507-3.pdf
Funding the Australian Resources Investment Boom
22 Mar 2013
Bulletin
– March 2013
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
Payments System Reform: The Australian Experience
17 May 2005
Bulletin
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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
Recent Developments in the Australian Hedge Fund Industry
10 Nov 2006
Bulletin
– November 2006
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
The Role of the Payments System Board
22 Feb 2001
Bulletin
PDF
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Mixed upin all of this is the interchange fee paid bycredit card acquirers to issuers, which seems,on the surface at least, to be an importantsource of revenue funding loyalty schemes.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1999/jul/pdf/bu-0799-2.pdf