The U.S. Justice Department alleges that the financial services company uses its size and dominance to stifles competition.

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has initiated legal action against Visa, accusing the company of maintaining an illegal monopoly over debit network markets. The lawsuit alleges that Visa is using tactics to hinder competition from other firms,

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) a global payments giant reportedly faces charges by the United States Department of Justice for allegedly monopolizing the domestic debit card industry What Happened: DOJ’s antitrust division is expected to accuse Visa in federal court due to its participation in various anti-competitive activities,

Card network ‘has unlawfully amassed the power to extract fees that far exceed what it could charge in a competitive market,’ AG Garland alleges

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday sued Visa, the world’s biggest payments network, saying it propped up an illegal monopoly over debit payments by imposing “exclusionary” agreements on partners and smothering upstart firms.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Visa, alleging the company maintains an illegal monopoly over debit cards, while Senators Durbin and Marshall have introduced a bipartisan bill to address Visa and Mastercard's near duopoly over the credit card market.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the debit card corporation uses its dominance in the industry to conduct an illegal monopoly practice for debit card payments that costs businesses and customers billions of dollars.