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Commission fines Mastercard €570 million for obstructing merchants’ access to cross-border card payment services

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - January 22, 2019

The European Commission has fined the card scheme Mastercard €570 566 000 for limiting the possibility for merchants to benefit from better conditions offered...

EC seeks feedback on commitments offered by Visa and Mastercard

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - December 5, 2018

The European Commission is inviting comments from interested parties on commitments offered separately by Visa and Mastercard to address competition concerns relating to inter-regional...

EC opens investigation into airline ticket distribution services

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - November 23, 2018

The European Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess whether agreements between booking system providers Amadeus and Sabre on the one hand, and...

Academics appointed to help EU antitrust chief tackle tech challenges

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - March 29, 2018

Three expert academics will be appointed for one year to work with the European Union’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, who is investigating challenges related...

EU fines Qualcomm €997m for market abuse

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - January 25, 2018

The European Commission has slapped Qualcomm with a €997m fine for abusing market dominance in LTE baseband chipsets. “Qualcomm illegally shut out rivals from the...

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