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Old May 30, 2014 | 2:21 pm
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Originally Posted by alexmt
Why would they? Visa and Mastercard don't allow DCC because they WANT to, they don't benefit at all from it. They allow it because they don't want to get sued under consumer protection laws protecting "competition."
Not at all, they allow DCC to help their merchants make more money. This helps them attract merchants and justifies charging them higher swipe fees because they can recover some of it through DCC.

I don't think there is any legitimate basis for a competition lawsuit. Amex doesn't allow DCC and they haven't been sued yet.
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