January 2019
Intermediate to advanced
258 pages
7h 12m
English
Credit and debit card transactions involve an even longer list of intermediaries. In addition to the payer's and payee's banks (where they hold accounts), there are a bunch of other payment processors on both sides, and the Visa or Mastercard network in the middle. Visa and Mastercard hold huge market power in this value chain, and this is easy to see in their profit margins. Everyone can check that out in their financial accounts, as they are publicly listed companies.
A basic credit or debit card transaction involves the following steps:
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