Credit card swipe fees have surged 80% since the pandemic, prompting more businesses to pass costs to customers through surcharges or cash discounts. The shift is influencing where and how consumers ...

Federal order is the latest development in a nearly two-year fight between banks and retailers over an Illinois law that bans ...

Premium credit card users and small merchants could soon feel the effect of a decades-long battle over swipe fees. A newly proposed settlement between Visa and Mastercard could reshape how much ...

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As part of the proposed settlement, the credit card companies will temporarily lower the swipe fees for merchants. But not everyone sees this as a satisfying end to a legal battle that stretched on ...

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In a recent piece for RealClearMarkets, Indraneel Chakraborty asks the question: “Are credit card swipe fees really too high?” Yet, throughout his piece, Chakraborty makes numerous claims that require ...

Data suggests that fees charged by banks and card networks were more than 25% higher than other estimates. "These outrageous fees drive up the price of almost everything consumers buy, and addressing ...

Citing "unacceptably high" credit card card network fees American Express charges merchants, eBay on Thursday said it will no longer honor Amex cards beginning in mid-August. Processing Content The ...