Re:How credit cards make money
by amance on Friday November 05, 2021 @03:07PM
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Patrick, as someone with a startup in this space, I just want to say that your content is fantastic. I really appreciated reading this, and was unaware that Japan had a (pricing cartel?) with rewards. Is the market highly concentrated there as it is in the US? If it is indeed an inexplicable coordination situation, has there ever been any antitrust action in this space there?
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Due to my quirky position as a foreigner who works in the financial industry in Japan I will not comment on structural sources for observed pricing discipline, but if you're interested in this topic, you may enjoy the Japan Fair Trade Commission's writing on it: https://www.jftc.go.jp/en/pressreleases/yearly-2019/March/Su... It's an active area for them, according to their public statements.