Mastercard

Mastercard Australia

Status Tracked

Designated card network. Imposed a no-surcharge rule from 1 October 2026; told the RBA in 2025 that surcharging is antiquated and a ban is required, while objecting to interchange changes made before all participants are regulated. Its 2025 submission is the only source the RBA footnotes for its line that cash is no longer clearly cheaper to accept.

First tracked: 2026
Last on record: 2026-10-03
Named in: 2 articles
Across: 1 case

Named in 2 articles across 1 case 17 connections: companies 4, lobbies 3, mechanisms 1, regulators and bodies 3, agencies and departments 2, parties and organisations 1, people 3

Key figure on file

$1.6 billion

Card surcharges the RBA estimates consumers paid in 2024/25 on the eftpos, Mastercard and Visa networks, out of about $1.8 billion in all; businesses…

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Cases it recurs across

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Figures on file

Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

The Surcharge Rort$1.6 billionCard surcharges the RBA estimates consumers paid in 2024/25 on the eftpos, Mastercard and Visa networks, out of about $1.8 billion in all; business…2 articles →

Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑10‑03Auto-assembled

Fig. 02 / On the record

$1.6 billionCard surcharges the RBA estimates consumers paid in 2024/25 on the eftpos, Mastercard and Visa networks, out of about $1.8 billion in all; businesses paid the other $0.2 billion. It is a bill that was paid, not a measured saving.A line off the receipt →
0.98 per centThe ATO’s card fee on a domestic Visa credit card until 30 September 2026, set equal to what its bank charged it. Mastercard domestic credit was 0.94 per cent, American Express 1.45 per cent, international Visa and Mastercard 2.03 per cent, and debit cards carried no fee.The cost the Tax Office won’t wear →

Fig. 02Source: figures on file for this name, each tied to the article it came fromAs of 2026‑10‑03Auto-assembled

Fig. 03 / Named together

The 12 names most often in the same articles as Mastercard. A line's weight, and the number by each name, is how many articles name both. Grey chords join the neighbours most often named together themselves (two articles or more). Circles are people and organisations, squares are mechanisms. Named together is all this shows: it is not a finding about what the relationship is.

Fig. 03Source: article scan · articles naming bothAs of 2026‑10‑03Auto-assembled