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Jennifer joined the Ministry of Justice as a Non Executive Board Member on 21 August 2023. She brings over 30 years of global experience in payments and financial services. She has a strong track record in leading transformative technology initiatives,...
Designation orders bringing payment systems into the scope of the Payment Systems Regulator.
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Specification of payment systems for supervision by the Bank of England
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Ann Cairns was lead non-executive board member of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ( BEIS ) from January 2021 to February 2023. Ann is the Executive Vice Chair at Mastercard, where she sits as part of the...
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The CMA is to consider whether undertakings offered by Mastercard and VocaLink remove the need to carry out an in-depth merger investigation.
The CMA has found that Mastercard’s acquisition of VocaLink gives rise to competition concerns.
The CMA investigated the anticipated acquisition by MasterCard UK Holdco Limited, an affiliate of MasterCard International Incorporated, of VocaLink Holdings Limited.
The CMA has requested the European Commission to investigate the anticipated acquisition by Mastercard Incorporated of Parts of the Corporate Services Business of Nets A/S.
The CMA has decided to close its investigations of MasterCard’s and Visa’s multilateral interchange fees after it was confirmed that an EU regulation that will cap these fees will soon come into force.
The CMA investigated the interchange fee arrangements for UK domestic point-of-sale transactions made using MasterCard/Maestro and Visa consumer payment cards.
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