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Blended dilemma. Why don’t all merchants benefit from interchange cuts?


2 Sep, 2026
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2 Sep, 2026
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The RBA has been regulating interchange for more than two decades but not everyone is a winner. The savings are distributed unequally between merchants based on size, and on October 1 we will likely see the same pattern repeated.
Blended dilemma. Why don’t all merchants benefit from interchange cuts?
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The RBA has been regulating interchange for more than two decades but not everyone is a winner. The savings are distributed unequally between merchants based on size, and on October 1 we will likely see the same pattern repeated.

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