<p>作者：Mike Scarcella</p>
<p>华盛顿，12 月 15 日（路透社）-</p>
<p>主要零售商和贸易团体正在敦促布鲁克林的一名联邦法官拒绝与 Visa</p>
<p>（V.N）和万事达（MA.N）达成的拟议反垄断和解协议，称该协议让这两家卡片巨头继续向商家收取过高的信用卡交易费用，并且对他们几乎没有好处。</p>
<p>沃尔玛（WMT.O）在周五表示，该协议由一群小型地方商家策划，“对大型全国性商家没有任何实质性救济”，并迫使他们放弃长达八年的反垄断索赔。</p>
<p>该公司表示，该和解未能拆除一项规定，即如果商家接受任何 Visa 或万事达信用卡，则必须接受所有银行发行的 Visa 或万事达信用卡。</p>
<p>该和解于 11 月宣布，将结束长达二十年的诉讼，此前一名法官去年拒绝了一项 300 亿美元的协议。根据该协议，Visa 和万事达将在五年内将零售交易中向商家收取的 “刷卡” 费用降低 0.1 个百分点。</p>
<p>沃尔玛在一份声明中表示，该和解将迫使公司 “放弃反垄断索赔，而没有获得数十年来寻求的核心改革。”</p>
<p>没有立即回应评论请求，谈判和解的商家首席律师也没有立即回应评论请求。Visa 和万事达否认在达成和解时有任何不当行为。</p>
<p>万事达在一份声明中表示，它仍然相信该和解是 “对所有各方的最佳解决方案”，并表示期待将此事结束。Visa 提到之前的声明，称该协议将为所有规模的商家提供 “实质性救济、更多灵活性和选择，以控制他们如何接受客户的付款。”</p>
<p>在另一份声明中，全国零售联合会和零售行业领导者协会警告美国地区法官布赖恩·科根，新协议提供了 “虚幻的改革”，并将奖励原告律师 “惊人的” 2.06 亿美元的法律费用。</p>
<p>对该和解的挑战者还抱怨称，五家小型企业为大约 2000 万商家的集体谈判和解条款，排除了代表每年销售额达 2.7 万亿美元的组织。</p>
<p>此外，正在对 Visa 在纽约进行的与借记卡交易相关的诉讼中的商家原告也反对该和解，认为这可能会损害他们的案件。</p>
<p>这些商家在其文件中表示，拟议的协议还威胁到美国司法部和针对 Visa 涉嫌垄断借记市场的私人消费者诉讼。</p>
<p>该案件为：In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, No. 1:05-md-01720-BMC-JAM。</p>
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<p>美国指控 Visa 垄断借记卡刷卡业务</p>

万事达

<p>主要零售商，包括沃尔玛，正在敦促联邦法官拒绝与 Visa 和万事达达成的拟议反垄断和解。他们认为该交易允许过高的费用，并且对大型商户几乎没有好处。该和解于 11 月宣布，旨在通过在五年内将刷卡手续费降低 0.1 个百分点来结束长达二十年的诉讼。批评者声称该和解缺乏有意义的改革，并可能对正在进行的诉讼和反垄断索赔造成损害</p>

<p>By Mike Scarcella</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>作者：Mike Scarcella</p>
</div><p>WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) -</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>华盛顿，12 月 15 日（路透社）-</p>
</div><p>Major retailers and trade groups are urging a federal judge in Brooklyn to reject a proposed antitrust settlement with Visa</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>主要零售商和贸易团体正在敦促布鲁克林的一名联邦法官拒绝与 Visa</p>
</div><p>(V.N) and Mastercard (MA.N) , saying the deal lets the card giants keep charging merchants excessive fees for credit card transactionsand offers them few benefits.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>（V.N）和万事达（MA.N）达成的拟议反垄断和解协议，称该协议让这两家卡片巨头继续向商家收取过高的信用卡交易费用，并且对他们几乎没有好处。</p>
</div><p>Walmart (WMT.O) said in an on Friday that the deal, hatched by a group of small local merchants, “offers no meaningful relief” for large national merchants and forces them to release antitrust claims for eight years.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>沃尔玛（WMT.O）在周五表示，该协议由一群小型地方商家策划，“对大型全国性商家没有任何实质性救济”，并迫使他们放弃长达八年的反垄断索赔。</p>
</div><p>The company said the settlement failed to dismantle a rule that requires merchants to accept all Visa or Mastercard credit cards, from all bank issuers, if they accept any of them.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>该公司表示，该和解未能拆除一项规定，即如果商家接受任何 Visa 或万事达信用卡，则必须接受所有银行发行的 Visa 或万事达信用卡。</p>
</div><p>The settlement, announced in November, would end two decades of litigation after a judge rejected a prior $30 billion deal last year. Under the agreement, Visa and Mastercard will cut the “swipe” fees charged to merchants on retail transactions by 0.1 percentage point for five years.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>该和解于 11 月宣布，将结束长达二十年的诉讼，此前一名法官去年拒绝了一项 300 亿美元的协议。根据该协议，Visa 和万事达将在五年内将零售交易中向商家收取的 “刷卡” 费用降低 0.1 个百分点。</p>
</div><p>Walmart in a statement said the settlement would force the company to “give up antitrust claims without gaining the core reforms sought for decades.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>沃尔玛在一份声明中表示，该和解将迫使公司 “放弃反垄断索赔，而没有获得数十年来寻求的核心改革。”</p>
</div><p>did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and neither did Lead attorneys for merchants who negotiated the settlement did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Visa and Mastercard denied any wrongdoing in agreeing to settle the case.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>没有立即回应评论请求，谈判和解的商家首席律师也没有立即回应评论请求。Visa 和万事达否认在达成和解时有任何不当行为。</p>
</div><p>Mastercard in a statement said it continued to believe the settlement is “the best solution for all parties” and said it looked forward to bringing the matter to a close. Visa referred to a prior statement that said the accord would provide merchants of all sizes “meaningful relief, more flexibility and options to control how they accept payments from their customers.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>万事达在一份声明中表示，它仍然相信该和解是 “对所有各方的最佳解决方案”，并表示期待将此事结束。Visa 提到之前的声明，称该协议将为所有规模的商家提供 “实质性救济、更多灵活性和选择，以控制他们如何接受客户的付款。”</p>
</div><p>In a separate , the National Retail Federation and Retail Industry Leaders Association warned U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan that the new deal offered “illusory reforms,” and would reward the plaintiffs’ lawyers a “staggering” $206 million in legal fees.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在另一份声明中，全国零售联合会和零售行业领导者协会警告美国地区法官布赖恩·科根，新协议提供了 “虚幻的改革”，并将奖励原告律师 “惊人的” 2.06 亿美元的法律费用。</p>
</div><p>Challengers to the settlemen also complained that five small businesses had negotiated the settlement terms for a class of roughly 20 million merchants, freezing out organizations representing $2.7 trillion in annual sales.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>对该和解的挑战者还抱怨称，五家小型企业为大约 2000 万商家的集体谈判和解条款，排除了代表每年销售额达 2.7 万亿美元的组织。</p>
</div><p>Separately, merchant plaintiffs in ongoing litigation against Visa in New York related to debit-card transactions also opposed the settlement, arguing it could harm their case.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>此外，正在对 Visa 在纽约进行的与借记卡交易相关的诉讼中的商家原告也反对该和解，认为这可能会损害他们的案件。</p>
</div><p>Those merchants in their filing said the proposed deal also threatenedto derail U.S. Justice Department and private consumer lawsuits targeting Visa’s alleged monopolization of debit markets.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这些商家在其文件中表示，拟议的协议还威胁到美国司法部和针对 Visa 涉嫌垄断借记市场的私人消费者诉讼。</p>
</div><p>The case is In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, No. 1:05-md-01720-BMC-JAM.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>该案件为：In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, No. 1:05-md-01720-BMC-JAM。</p>
</div><p>Read more:</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>阅读更多：</p>
</div><p>Visa, Mastercard agree to $199.5 million settlement in merchants’ class action</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Visa、万事达同意以 1.995 亿美元和解商家的集体诉讼</p>
</div><p>Apple, Visa and Mastercard win dismissal of merchant antitrust lawsuit over payment fees</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>苹果、Visa 和万事达赢得商家反垄断诉讼的驳回，涉及支付费用</p>
</div><p>US accuses Visa of monopolizing debit card swipes</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>美国指控 Visa 垄断借记卡刷卡业务</p>
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Walmart, other retailers object to Visa and Mastercard settlement

- 零售商和贸易团体呼吁法官拒绝与 Visa 和 Mastercard 的反垄断和解。  
- Walmart 指出该和解未能为大型商家提供实质性救济。  
- 该和解可能影响对 Visa 的其他诉讼，且律师费用高达 2.06 亿美元。  

沃尔玛及其他零售商反对 Visa 和万事达的和解协议