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Industry committee Again, the testimony was confusing, but I do believe that, yes, they settle through the United States and the bank balance sheets therein.
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell
Finance committee Yes. In fact, it's the opposite. I was commenting on MasterCard's testimony that their current rate in the Canadian market is a 0.5¢ switch fee. I believe they currently have interchange set at zero basis points. We've seen that before. What I was saying is that while it's tempt
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell
Finance committee Interac does not. Interac just receives the 0.8¢. The acquirer has various contracts and pricing agreements with their merchant base, and I think 8¢ per transaction is the average debit merchant cost, which is a payment to the acquirer.
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell
Finance committee Yes, the same 0.8¢.
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell
Finance committee Right. So the 0.8¢ is to process a transaction--and I won't get into the details--in a single-message transaction set. So it's 0.8¢ for each message, if you will. It's processing the transaction from the merchant terminal into the Interac member network, etc., 0.8¢, and then on t
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell
Finance committee We have not done so and have no plans to do so, because interchange is not the problem here. The change is that Interac cannot be responsive in its current structure.
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell
Finance committee It's a great proxy. It underscores the urgency that we have here before us, the fact that Visa and MasterCard are already in the market. STAR Network was arguably the closest thing to Interac you're going to get in North America. They basically invented the PIN debit network in t
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell
Industry committee Yes. In fact, it's the opposite. I was commenting on MasterCard's testimony that their current rate in the Canadian market is a 0.5¢ switch fee. I believe they currently have interchange set at zero basis points. We've seen that before. What I was saying is that while it's tempt
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell
Industry committee Yes, the same 0.8¢.
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell
Industry committee Right. So the 0.8¢ is to process a transaction--and I won't get into the details--in a single-message transaction set. So it's 0.8¢ for each message, if you will. It's processing the transaction from the merchant terminal into the Interac member network, etc., 0.8¢, and then on t
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell
Industry committee Interac does not. Interac just receives the 0.8¢. The acquirer has various contracts and pricing agreements with their merchant base, and I think 8¢ per transaction is the average debit merchant cost, which is a payment to the acquirer.
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell
Industry committee We have not done so and have no plans to do so, because interchange is not the problem here. The change is that Interac cannot be responsive in its current structure.
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell
Industry committee It's a great proxy. It underscores the urgency that we have here before us, the fact that Visa and MasterCard are already in the market. STAR Network was arguably the closest thing to Interac you're going to get in North America. They basically invented the PIN debit network in t
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell
Finance committee I can't divulge our strategies fully, but I would say that if we are able to restructure and this level playing field is instituted, that is a product we would strongly have to consider.
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell
Finance committee Yes, in a word, we would still be considering restructuring. The fact of the matter is the governance is challenged in reacting to the market and to product innovations, infrastructure, and so forth. I think Interac needs to evolve, because we're also competing on a world stage.
June 16th, 2009Committee meeting
Mark O'Connell