EU antitrust regulators sent Mastercard a charge sheet yesterday outlining their concerns that the company artificially raises the costs of card payments through its rules on cross-border transactions and fees charged to retailers for receiving payments made with non-EU cards.

“We currently suspect Mastercard is artificially raising the costs of card payments, which would harm consumers and retailers in the EU,” said Margrethe Vestager, EU Competition Commissioner in a statement.

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