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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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Submission to the ACCC: Reform of Debit Card (EFTPOS) Interchange Fees – 21 March 2003 | Payments System | Submissions
21 Mar 2003
Submissions
Debit card acquirers can be expected to seek to recoup the loss of interchange fee revenue directly from merchants through increases in merchant service fees on EFTPOS transactions. ... The proposal does not provide any methodology for determining a
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/payments-system/eftpos-interchange-fees/
Payments System Issues
27 Nov 2009
Media Releases
At its meeting on 23 November 2009, the Payments System Board decided to amend the EFTPOS interchange fee Standard to make the regulation of EFTPOS interchange fees more consistent with that for scheme debit interchange fees
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2009/mr-09-27.html
Payments System
4 Jan 2024
Overview of the Australian Payments System
https://www.rba.gov.au/payments-and-infrastructure/payments-system.html
Review of the Regulatory Framework: Access and Interchange Fees | Review of the Regulatory Framework for the eftpos System: Consultation on …
9 Mar 2012
Consultations
These provisions are aimed at preventing participants from using negotiations over interchange fees to frustrate access to the system. ... Whether provisions in the Bank's interchange fees Standard that govern bilateral interchange fee agreements remain
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/consultations/201203-replacing-eftpos-designation/access-interchange-fees.html
Payments System Reform
24 Feb 2005
Media Releases
Announces that the Payments System Board decided to release draft standards for the EFTPOS and Visa Debit systems for public comment. The Board also considered the case for designating the American Express and Diners Club payments system, but
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2005/mr-05-02.html
Payments System Issues
22 Sep 2009
Media Releases
Announcement of a short paper setting out the Payments System Board's proposal to change the regulation of interchange fees in the EFTPOS system and a draft Standard
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2009/mr-09-20.html
Payment System Reform
20 Jul 2005
Media Releases
The Reserve Bank has released for public comment a draft revised standard for the setting of credit card interchange fees, which would mean the establishment of a common benchmark rather than scheme-specific benchmarks for the Bankcard, MasterCard
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2005/mr-05-08.html
Competition and Efficiency
1 Oct 2000
PSB Annual Report
– 2000
The interchange fee for Bankcard is 1.2 per cent for all transactions. ... Merchants cannot pass on the mechant service fee, and thus the interchange fee, to credit card users but instead pass these fees on to all customers – not just those using
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2000/competition.html
Innovation and Regulation in the Australian Payments System
7 Dec 2020
Speech
Speech delivered by Philip Lowe, Governor, to the Australian Payments Network, Online
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2020/sp-gov-2020-12-07.html
Waiver of Requirement to Recalculate Interchange Fee Benchmark
9 Mar 2023
Waiver of Requirement to Recalculate Interchange Fee Benchmark March 2015. The Reserve Bank waives the requirement to recalculate the cost-based measure and the common cost-based benchmark for the
https://www.rba.gov.au/payments-and-infrastructure/payments-system-regulation/waiver-of-requirement-to-recalculate-interchange-fee-benchmark.html