The Wall Street Journal: The U.S. FTC is investigating Visa and Mastercard's security tokens

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing sources, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Visa and Mastercard. For the past few years, the FTC has been looking into whether Visa and Mastercard have been preventing merchants from processing payments through other debit card networks. In recent months, the FTC has expanded its focus to security tokens, investigating whether Visa and Mastercard have been limiting the information they send, thereby restricting online payments through different networks. It is currently unclear whether this investigation is new or part of a previous inquiry. (WSJ)