​American merchants paid $198.25 billion in credit and debit card swipe fees in 2025, up 5.9% from the year before. When an owner sees that line on a statement, the instinct is often the same: Pass it ...

Credit card surcharges are becoming harder to spot, but knowing the rules can help you avoid unnecessary fees at checkout.

Visa and Mastercard announced Monday that they reached a proposed settlement that would lower charges that merchants pay to the credit card networks. While those fees are paid by the store every time ...

In a Truth Social post, President Trump backed a bill called the Credit Card Competition Act (sometimes called the Durbin-Marshall credit card mandate), saying it will help put an end to what he calls ...

Walmart and other retailers argue that forcing them to stay in a swipe-fee settlement class violates their due process rights.

REA Group, Shell Energy, Dicker Data and others have added a “supplier trade fee” to continue charging business customers a ...

Paying with a credit card can add 2-4% to your bill. It’s time to reduce that swipe fee, or get rid of it, a Louisiana ...

Cashless payments have become the norm, and opportunities to use credit cards have increased. However, just because we pay ...