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Banning contactless and credit card surcharges won’t help – open banking reform is what’s needed

By Alexandra Andhov, Chair in Law and Technology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Jodi Gardner, Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Open banking is already well established in many countries, and saves merchants and consumers much more than NZ’s proposed surcharge ban will.

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