Mastercard increases card fees five-fold for UK shoppers buying from EU companies

Mastercard is blasted for ‘greed’ and ‘opportunism’ by charging British card users FIVE TIMES the fees on items ordered from EU then blaming Brexit Mastercard is hiking fees for UK shoppers buying  from EU-based companies The European Union brought in a cap in 2015 amid fears over hidden fees Mastercard says the cap does not … Read more

Mastercard could be forced to pay every UK adult £300 each

Mastercard is one step closer to having to pay out as much as £14billion in total to more than 46million UK adults after it lost a landmark Supreme Court case. The US card provider this morning lost a legal fight with former financial ombudsman Walter Merricks, who had claimed consumers had paid higher prices between … Read more

Mastercard faces Supreme Court over £14bn damages claim

Mastercard faces two days in front of Britain’s highest court to determine whether it potentially owes every adult in the UK a collective £14billion. Former financial ombudsman Walter Merricks is taking the card provider to court, claiming the fees it charged shops between 1992 and 2008, declared unlawful by the European Commission, resulted in consumers … Read more

Tech titans including Sky and Mastercard join disability drive

Tech titans including Sky and Mastercard join disability drive By A Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:46 GMT, 23 February 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 23 February 2020 Tech industry titans including Sky and Mastercard have announced commitments to encourage more disabled people into the workforce. The two firms, along with Audi and travel website Trivago, … Read more

Mastercard bans conversion con on its prepaid cards

Mastercard bans a conversion con on its prepaid cards which strips millions of pounds a year from British travellers Tourists are routinely offered a chance to pay in their ‘home’ currency  This process is called ‘dynamic currency conversion’  Such conversion rates are expensive, as the Mail on Sunday warned last week  By Laura Shannon, Financial … Read more