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Old Dec 10, 2013 | 1:15 am
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theddo
 
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Originally Posted by sokolov
If the EU Commmission gets its way, there will not be much room for disruption. They want to limit merchants' fees to a tiny amount, which will not only wipe out all credit card benefits, but will probably extend the time merchants will have to wait for their money - but, foremost, it will make it impossible for any "disruptor" to enter the market. There won't be enough to earned in relation to the risk they would have to take.
The EU as a single market (which it isn't quite yet) isn't the only market. It's still viable to disrupt the US, African or Asian markets.
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