Visa and Mastercard have surged over the past two decades, reaching a combined $1 trillion market cap. That has attracted unwanted attention from regulators.
EMVCo has been a terrible monopolistic cartel for decades. They literally control who gets access to the payment network and they can cut you off instantly without a court order - virtually holding the ability of every company on Earth to conduct business at their mercy: if they doesn’t like you, you’re dead.
EMVCo is the most egregious and most dangerous global cartel nobody is talking about. And the DoJ only figured that out now? Justice is not just blind, it’s also asleep.
While I generally agree, I do think the Justice Department is beginning to press these cases more often. They just got Google legally recognized as a monopolist, so it seems to be working so far, probably because they took their time building up a strong case.
EMVCo has been a terrible monopolistic cartel for decades. They literally control who gets access to the payment network and they can cut you off instantly without a court order - virtually holding the ability of every company on Earth to conduct business at their mercy: if they doesn’t like you, you’re dead.
EMVCo is the most egregious and most dangerous global cartel nobody is talking about. And the DoJ only figured that out now? Justice is not just blind, it’s also asleep.
While I generally agree, I do think the Justice Department is beginning to press these cases more often. They just got Google legally recognized as a monopolist, so it seems to be working so far, probably because they took their time building up a strong case.