Credit card companies in dock 信用卡公司上了被告席 　

The two companies control more than 75% of the market

兩家公司控制著美國75%的市場

A court in the United States has begun hearing the US Government case against the credit card companies Visa and Mastercard for alleged antitrust violations that limit competition.

Last Wednesday, a US judge ruled in a landmark anti-trust case that the software giant Microsoft should be broken in two to prevent it abusing its market power.

Still flushed from their victory in that case, US competition regulators are flexing their muscles for a battle with the credit card industry.

The credit card giants Visa and Mastercard together control over 75% of the US market.

美國法庭已開始審理美國政府狀告信用卡公司維薩和萬事達違反反壟斷條例，限制競爭一案。

上周三，美國一法官判決了一宗重大反壟斷案，宣判軟件業巨頭微軟公司應一分為二以限制它在市場上的壟斷行為。

尚陶醉在上一案件的勝利中的美國反壟斷官員們又開始摩拳擦掌準備下一場與信用卡公司的較量。

信用卡業巨無霸維薩和萬事達控制著美國75%的市場。