Credit and debit card swipe fees have risen 70% since the pandemic and reached a record $187.2 billion in 2024 ...

Ileana Garcia looks in her wallet for credit cards during a sermon about faith-based financial management at the Miami Vineyard Community Church on March 7, 2009, in Kendall, Florida. (Joe ...

Experts say credit-card swipe fees cost the average American family about $1,200 a year, and a renewed push in Congress could ...

The Credit Card Competition Act would cut down on credit card swipe fees for consumers and has the backing of President Trump ...

Total fees increased by more than $15 billion from the previous year. Last December, Rovertown partnered with Weigel's and St. Romain Oil Co., operator of Y-Not Stop c-stores, to integrate swipe fee ...

In a recent opinion piece for the Taunton Daily Gazette, the author made the claim that consumers in Massachusetts “don’t ...

Kentucky's economic health relies heavily on the prosperity of its businesses, both big and small. But with prices continuing to rise, small businesses like mine that comprise more than 99% of ...

Why do retailers accept credit cards and debit cards? It’s sad such a facile question requires asking, but at a time when fees associated with credit and debit usage are being demonized as “junk,” ...

Once a credit card swipe crosses the $5,000 mark, the transaction stops being routine and starts triggering a series of behind-the-scenes checks, score calculations, and banking rules that most people ...

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— -- When gas prices edged above $4 a gallon earlier this spring, the Merchants Payments Coalition, a group that represents retailers, said "hidden fees" charged by banks and card processing ...