The European Commission (EC) has approved Mastercard’s acquisition of select assets of Denmark-based Nets contingent on divestiture of that company’s Realtime 24/7 technology for account-to-account core infrastructure services (A2A CIS). Core infrastructure includes hardware, software, telecommunication networks, and processes. Mastercard has existing A2A CIS assets and offers managed services in the European Economic Area (EEA) through its U.K.-based Vocalink unit. The EC expressed concern that the “proposed acquisition would harm competition and lead to higher prices and less choice...