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Australia's Eftpos offered routing-linked discounts, court hears in Mastercard trial

By Saloni Sinha ( April 17, 2026, 08:55 GMT | Insight) -- Australia’s domestic card network Eftpos offered merchants discounts conditional on routing debit transactions through its network, a court heard, as testimony in an antitrust trial against Mastercard indicated competing payment schemes used similar pricing strategies. The case forms part of a lawsuit brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleging Mastercard misused market power through agreements that restricted least-cost routing.Australia’s domestic card network Eftpos offered merchants discounts conditional on routing debit transactions through its network, a court heard, as testimony in an antitrust trial against Mastercard indicated competing payment schemes used similar pricing strategies....

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