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- From: ianking@nnsgs52 (Ian King)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: Credit cards - Visa vs. MasterCard (aka Access)
- Date: 20 Jan 1993 13:49:50 GMT
- Organization: Northern Telecom Europe Ltd
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- James Petts (pettsj@visigoth.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- : In article <6527@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk> Janusz Lukasiak,
- : zzatsjl@uts.mcc.ac.uk writes:
- : >Has anybody encountered a retailer who refused, say, a Visa and
- : >accepted Access or vice versa ? I'm talking about some kind of
- : >realistic situations
-
- A few years ago we only could accept access because they were a lot
- cheaper than visa & we didnt have an account with Barclays or other
- visa supporting bank. The way credit cards was adminstered was a bit
- of a mess so the banks reorganised it so one retailer agreement covers
- both access & visa. So I dont see why anybody should refuse either
- card. I think its worked out differently for each card but I believe
- the net %cut taken is about the same.
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