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GPN in “Instant Payments Break the Card Tollbooth”

Global Payments Inc.

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Fee compression and simpler bank-to-bank acceptance can weaken the economics of traditional merchant acquiring.

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Instant Payments Break the Card Tollbooth

Pix, UPI and pay-by-bank are turning merchant payments from a card fee into a low-cost bank transfer.

BEAR side — Fee compression and simpler bank-to-bank acceptance can weaken the economics of traditional merchant acquiring.

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    Pix, UPI and pay-by-bank are turning merchant payments from a card fee into a low-cost bank transfer.

    Fee compression and simpler bank-to-bank acceptance can weaken the economics of traditional merchant acquiring.