MasterCard Inc (MA), Visa Inc (V), eBay Inc (EBAY): This Service’s Biggest Nightmare…Is Coming True?

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Just a matter of time
At this time, Visa Inc (NYSE:V) has no official plans to implement the same fee hike that Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) will be implementing this June, but this official statement came after the CEO of Visa called such a fee hike “appropriate.” Should MasterCard’s fee increase make it past regulators without any hiccups, it’s likely just a matter of time until Visa follows suit.

The future may be costly
By 2015, eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) is expecting to enable $300 billion of global commerce, a 71% increase from its 2012 levels. For investors, this increase in activity should translate into a 50% increase in revenue, of which about half should come from PayPal. As eBay’s PayPal continues its forward march, investors should expect that Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) and Visa Inc (NYSE:V) will continue upping the price, unless PayPal decides to share more information with the payment cartel. Either way, it should be considered the price of doing business.

The article PayPal’s Biggest Nightmare Is Coming True originally appeared on Fool.com.

Fool contributor Steve Heller owns shares of Google and eBay. The Motley Fool recommends eBay, Google, and Visa. The Motley Fool owns shares of eBay, Google, and MasterCard.

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