But merchants have long complained that they were not permitted to charge elite card holders extra. Merchants have accused Visa and Mastercard of charging inflated swipe fees, or interchange fees ...

A bipartisan bill focused on credit-card swipe fees has failed to gain traction for years, but it has another shot in the U.S. Senate this week thanks to a separate measure focused on the ...

The settlement opens doors for retailers to place surcharges on cards with higher swipe fees ... to have “any bearing on the credit card holder,” said Michael Kinsman, an emeritus professor ...

Credit card swipe charges, also termed as interchange fees. These are charges imposed on a user every time they use their credit cards for transactional purposes. These charges cover operational ...

Mac Hay owns a bunch of seafood restaurants and markets on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, and he said that credit card swipe fees are sort of like taxes. “You just kinda take it as a fact.

If Capital One can boost its presence in the market, credit card holders could eventually see lower swipe fees. That’s money in the consumer’s pocket. Eventually, Capital One card holders will ...

What a dream not just for credit-card holders, but also businesses ... meant to intervene in the swipe fees credit card companies charge. Their intervention isn’t necessary.