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Re:Brazil central bank to launch Pix installment feature in ... by closewith on Friday July 25, 2025 @08:47AM (#44682527)
> Switzerland has interchange fees of 0.4% for consumer credit cards

Only since Wednesday of this week due to COMCO action, so no-one knows if cashback will persist, but it will be a lot less than .33%.

> And let's not forget that cash acceptance costs an order of magnitude more than this anyway;

In the EU, it's .5% for cash vs .3% for cards, but the situation falls back into favour for cash once fraud is accounted for.

Re:Brazil central bank to launch Pix installment feature in ... by brainwad on Friday July 25, 2025 @08:57AM (#44682624)
> Only since Wednesday of this week due to COMCO action

That Visa fee table is dated July 2023?

Re:Brazil central bank to launch Pix installment feature in ... by closewith on Friday July 25, 2025 @09:06AM (#44682714)
Right, but prior to this week, the merchant account providers just raised scheme fees to compensate.