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2.50%

-0.35% -0.30% -0.25% -0.20% -0.15% -0.10% -0.05% 0.00% 0.05% 0.10% 0.15%

0.12%

0.09% 0.09%

2.00%

0.03%

0.02%

-0.02%

1.50%

1.00%

0.50%

-0.32%

0.00%

Diners Club Credit

eftpos Debit Mastercard Credit

Mastercard Debit

Visa Credit Visa Debit

American Express Credit

Q3 2020

Q4 2023

Change

Figure 10. Average Merchant Fees and Period-on-Period Change by Card Network and Card Type (Q2 2020 – Q4 2023) 70

From Q3 2020 to Q4 2023, the cost of online transactions has consistently increased across networks given the limited options to route transactions to competing debit networks. The only exception to the rising costs is Diners Club, which increased in-store costs while decreasing online costs.

0.20%

0.10%

0.00%

-0.10%

-0.20%

-0.30%

-0.40%

-0.50%

Visa Debit

Visa Credit Mastercard Debit Mastercard Credit

Diners Club Credit

American Express Credit

Device Present

Device Not Present

Figure 11. Domestic Interchange Change by Card Type and Network (Q3 2020 vs. Q4 2023) 71

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