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RBA Glossary definition for interchange fee
interchange fee – A fee paid between card issuers and acquirers when cardholders make transactions.
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Banking Fees in Australia
10 May 2005
Bulletin
– May 2005
In the case of credit cards, banks charge these fees partly to cover the ‘interchange’ fee that they pay to a cardholder's bank whenever a credit card purchase is made. ... On 31 October 2003, the Reserve Bank introduced reforms to credit card
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2005/may/2.html
Retail Payments Regulation and Policy Issues
15 Oct 2020
PSB Annual Report
– 2020
In the event a scheme has exceeded the benchmark, it must reset its interchange fee schedule, such that had those fees applied over the preceding four quarters, the benchmark would not ... In Europe, the European Commission recently assessed the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2020/retail-payments-regulation-and-policy-issues.html
The Operation of the Bank's Interchange Standards | Consultations
28 Feb 2019
Consultations
Interchange Standards and Net Compensation
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/consultations/201902-operation-of-the-interchange-standards.html
Banking Fees in Australia
15 Jun 2017
Bulletin
– June 2017
The Reserve Bank has conducted an annual survey on bank fees since 1997. The most recent survey suggests that banks' aggregate fee income increased at a relatively slow pace in 2016. Deposit and loan fee income continued to decline relative to the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/jun/4.html
Merchant Service Fees and Market Shares for Credit and Charge Cards
10 Aug 2005
Bulletin
– August 2005
a cardholder used a Bankcard, MasterCard or Visa card – the so-called ‘interchange fee’. ... The average merchant service fee has now fallen by more than the 0.4 percentage point decline in the average interchange fee.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2005/aug/2.html
Retail Payments Regulation and Policy Issues
14 Sep 2017
PSB Annual Report
– 2017
MasterCard and Visa published new interchange fee schedules effective July 2017, when the new standards came into force. ... to protect consumers against fraud; and it bans card surcharging on transactions where IFR interchange fee caps apply.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2017/retail-payments-regulation-and-policy-issues.html
Banking Fees in Australia
10 May 2008
Bulletin
– May 2008
The total value of merchant service fees fell significantly after the RBA's credit card interchange fee reforms were introduced in late 2003 and, despite the substantial increases in transaction values ... Following reform of the EFTPOS system in
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2008/may/3.html
Banking Fees in Australia
10 May 2009
Bulletin
– May 2009
interchange fee reforms (Graph 3). ... In 2008, exception fees totalled $1.2 billion, around 10 per cent of banks' total fee income (Table 5).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2009/may/2.html
Banking Fees in Australia
10 May 2006
Bulletin
– May 2006
Part of this outcome reflected the full-year effect of the decline in merchant service fee income following the reforms to credit card interchange fees that took effect in October 2003. ... One of the outcomes of these reforms was a reduction in the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2006/may/2.html
Bank Fees in Australia
20 Jun 2019
Bulletin
– June 2019
The Reserve Bank has conducted a survey on bank fees each year since 1997.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2019/jun/bank-fees-in-australia.html