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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal
Mega-Scandal: Swipe Fees
Description: This list shows cases in which credit card companies paid penalties of $25 million or more in cases related to anti-competitive practices in their dealings with merchants.
Penalty Total since 2000: $9,250,000,000
Number of Penalty Records: 4
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
| Top 10 Current Parent Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
| Visa | $6,125,000,000 | 2 |
| MasterCard | $3,125,000,000 | 2 |
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the current parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| Visa U.S.A. Inc. | Visa | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,100,000,000 |
| Mastercard International Inc. | MasterCard | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,100,000,000 |
| Visa USA | Visa | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,025,000,000 |
| Mastercard International Inc. | MasterCard | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,025,000,000 |
