Apple hit with antitrust lawsuit alleging Apple Pay ‘bribe’ with Visa and Mastercard

Apple, Visa, and Mastercard have been named in a new antitrust class action lawsuit that accuses the three of conspiring to stifle competition for point-of-sale payment card services. As reported by Reuters, the lawsuit alleges that this has led to merchants paying “artificially higher fees for credit and debit transactions.”

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