Jun 30, 2026
The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Carter Dougherty, Senior Fellow for Antimonopoly and Finance at Demand Progress, to discuss his recent article for The Sling, “Visa and Mastercard: The Original Gangsters of Electronic Collusion.”
The conversation explores competition in the payments industry, including comparisons between Visa and Mastercard’s network practices and the RealPage litigation, the role of large banks in maintaining the payments duopoly, and how swipe fees impact merchants and consumers.
