The Merchants Payments Coalition claims that the average family in the U.S. pays $1,200 per year to cover the costs of swipe ...

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When it comes to processing credit card payments, you have to spend money to make money. Every player in the payments value chain, including the issuer, acquirer or processor and card network, deducts ...

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The legislation would allow merchants to route transactions over multiple card networks, boosting competition, cutting costs ...

During the roughly three years since the pandemic, small-business owners have struggled with higher labor costs, increasing rents, and inflation-driven spikes in the prices of supplies. But many ...

With card acceptance becoming a near-necessity in vending due to declining cash usage, processing fees can put meaningful ...

President Donald Trump just fired another shot across the bow of the U.S. payments industry — and Wall Street is paying close ...