Visa also said this week it blocked multiple Russian financial institutions from its network in compliance with government sanctions imposed over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Corporate conductAllegation
Visa is accused of propping up a debit monopoly
Visa is accused of maintaining an illegal monopoly in debit payments by imposing exclusionary agreements on partners and suppressing upstart firms.
Justice Department on Tuesday sued Visa, the world's biggest payments network, saying it propped up an illegal monopoly over debit payments by imposing "exclusionary" agreements on partners and smothering upstart firms.
DOJ accuses Visa of monopoly that affects price of 'nearly everything’
Case 1:24-cv-07214 Document 1 Filed 09/24/24 Page 66 of 71 anticompetitive in its own right, Visa’s interrelated and interdependent actions have had a cumulative and self-reinforcing effect that has harmed competition and the competitive process in each relevant market, including, as compared to a more competitive environment, raising barriers to competition by other current and potential competitors, imposing supracompetitive prices, stabilizing prices, depressing price competition, restricting output or other services, and slowing innovation.
AI & automationConfirmed
Visa plans to cut 2600 jobs with AI
Visa plans to cut 2,600 jobs as part of a new AI-driven workforce transformation.
According to CNBC, Visa, which operates the world's largest payments network, is getting ready to cut thousands of jobs, with the heaviest reductions expected in technology and product operations.
Visa plans to cut 2,600 jobs as new AI phase reshapes company
Corporate conductAllegation
Visa is accused of pricing DCC transactions unfairly
Visa Europe is accused of pricing and rules for Dynamic Currency Conversion transactions infringing EU competition rules.
In 2013, the European Commission (EC) opened an investigation against Visa Europe, based on a complaint alleging that Visa Europe’s pricing of and rules relating to Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) transactions infringe EU competition rules.
Corporate conductAllegation
Visa is accused of leveraging transaction volume for commitments
Visa is accused of leveraging the vast number of transactions on its network to impose volume commitments on merchants and their banks, as well as on financial institutions that issue debit cards.
According to the DOJ complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Visa leverages the vast number of transactions on its network to impose volume commitments on merchants and their banks, as well as on financial institutions that issue debit cards.
Department of Justice sues Visa, alleges the card issuer monopolizes debit card markets
Corporate conductConfirmed
Visa Inc. shut its open-banking business in the US
The documented action involving Visa Inc. concerns consumer-data rights.
Visa Inc. shut its open-banking business in the US amid regulatory uncertainty about consumer-data rights and the prospect of higher fees for customer information, according to people familiar with the matter.
Corporate conductAllegation
Visa is accused of failing to disclose antitrust violations
Visa is accused of failing to disclose that it violated U.S. federal antitrust laws.
Collectively, the actions assert claims for breach of fiduciary duty and violations of Sections 10(b) and 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for failing to disclose that Visa was in violation of U.S. federal antitrust laws, as alleged in the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on September 24, 2024 (see U.S. Department of Justice matter), as well as claims under Sections 20(a) and 21D of the Exchange Act, and for unjust enrichment, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, waste of corporate assets, insider trading, and aiding and abetting.
Collectively, the actions assert claims for breach of fiduciary duty and violations of Sections 10(b) and 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for failing to disclose that Visa was in violation of U.S. federal antitrust laws, as alleged in the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on September 24, 2024 (see U.S. Department of Justice matter), as well as claims under Sections 20(a) and 21D of the Exchange Act, and for unjust enrichment, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, waste of corporate assets, insider trading, and aiding and abetting.
Collectively, the actions assert claims for breach of fiduciary duty and violations of Sections 10(b) and 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for failing to disclose that Visa was in violation of U.S. federal antitrust laws, as alleged in the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on September 24, 2024 (see U.S. Department of Justice matter), as well as claims under Sections 20(a) and 21D of the Exchange Act, and for unjust enrichment, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, waste of corporate assets, insider trading, and aiding and abetting.
Corporate conductConfirmed
The Commission investigated Visa's network rules
In parallel, the Commission also investigated Visa's network rules and in particular Visa's MIF and adopted a formal decision on 24 July 2002 (see also below questions on the Visa decision).
In parallel, the Commission also investigated Visa's network rules and in particular Visa's MIF and adopted a formal decision on 24 July 2002 (see also below questions on the Visa decision).
Corporate conductConfirmed
The European Commission investigated Visa's network rules
In parallel, the Commission also investigated Visa's network rules and in particular Visa's MIF and adopted a formal decision on 24 July 2002 (see also below questions on the Visa decision).
In parallel, the Commission also investigated Visa's network rules and in particular Visa's MIF and adopted a formal decision on 24 July 2002 (see also below questions on the Visa decision).
Corporate conductConfirmed
Visa contests fourth factor in anticompetitive effects
Visa contests the fourth factor, claiming no likely or actual anticompetitive effects, in a legal motion.
On May 2, 2024, Visa and Mastercard entered a definitive class settlement agreement with plaintiffs in Mackmin, which the district court preliminarily approved on July 26, 2024.
Corporate conductConfirmed
Visa files complaints against merchants
Visa filed complaints against certain merchants in the Eastern District of New York seeking a declaration that its conduct did not violate federal or state antitrust laws.
In addition to the cases filed by individual merchants, Visa, Mastercard, and certain U.S. financial institution defendants in MDL 1720 filed complaints against certain merchants in the Eastern District of New York seeking, in part, a declaration that Visa’s conduct did not violate federal or state antitrust laws.
Corporate conductAllegation
Visa Inc. faces allegations over faces antitrust enforcement action
The allegation involving Visa Inc. concerns faces antitrust enforcement action.
Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. on Tuesday asked a New York federal court to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by 17 major retailers over the duo's allegedly anti-competitive fees, saying the claims were barred because of release agreements the companies provided years ago.
Corporate conductConfirmed
VISA INC. — One Market Plaza San Francisco
The documented action involving VISA INC. concerns One Market Plaza San Francisco.
Department of Justice Antitrust Division 450 Fifth Street, NW, Suite 4000 Washington, DC 20530, Plaintiff, v. VISA INC., One Market Plaza San Francisco, CA 94105,