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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:23.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003C61">Payment Card Interchange Fee Settlement<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">A $5.54 billion settlement has been approved in a class action lawsuit filed in federal court on behalf of merchants that accepted Visa or Mastercard credit or debit cards between
January 1, 2004 and January 25, 2019. As administrator of the statewide Master Agreement for Merchant Card Services, Treasury is working with the Oregon Department of Justice to coordinate the claims filing process. If your agency receives a claim form in
the mail, send a copy to Customer Solutions at <a href="mailto:customer.solutions@ost.state.or.us">
customer.solutions@ost.state.or.us</a> and await further direction. <i>Agencies should not file a claim without further direction from Treasury.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Salem, OR 97301-5241<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FFCD4C"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/treasury"><span style="color:#FFCD4C;text-decoration:none">oregon.gov/treasury</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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