Interesting story a while back about Visa/Mastercard expanding their debit card business in Canada (which already had a quite efficient debit card system). It c

Interesting story a while back about Visa/Mastercard expanding their debit card business in Canada (which already had a quite efficient debit card system). It can basically be summarized as "giant monopolies colluding to increase their profits on the backs of small businesses, mostly with encouragement from governments." http://www.nationalpost.com/m/story.html?id=2171251 http://www.nationalpost.com/m/story.html?id=2171251