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I don’t think you understand how the credit card marketplace works. Your comment makes no sense.

Visa and Mastercard are the dominant processors. Amex is far behind (but it is both a processor and a bank).

But they don’t set card fees and interest rates. The bank that issues cards does.

Capitalone is not a credit processor. It’s a bank. Along with Chase, B of A, Citi, US Bank, Wells Fargo, Barclays and hundreds of credit unions.

None of the banks has more than a 20% market share. #1, Chase, has an 18% market share. The top 3 only make up 55% of the market.

https://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/credit-card-ma...

It’s highly fragmented and very competitive. It is in no way a monopoly.



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