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We use credit cards, and credit card companies love it. Why? Because they make nearly 150 billion dollars a year in merchant fees. These fees are paid by businesses for the benefit of accepting cards.

Lena is a freelance contributor to Newsweek’s small business team. A business owner herself, today she advises on business owners of all kinds on proper management, software, and tools to ...

Credit card fraud is the most common form of identity theft, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The four major credit card networks — Visa, Mastercard, American Express and ...

Imagine receiving a notification about suspicious charges on a credit card you haven’t even received yet. How could that happen? While it sounds surprising and unsettling, it's increasingly ...

Credit card spending has grown significantly over the past decade, leading to higher costs for businesses. For retail executives, finding ways to reduce these processing fees is crucial to improving ...

The First Progress Platinum Prestige Mastercard® Secured Credit Card is a credit-building card that offers cash-back rewards and a low APR. While it has an annual fee and requires a security ...

The Delaware Department of Labor has changed its stance on the legality of restaurant employers taking a percentage of tips from servers and bartenders for credit card processing fees.

Credit card processing fees typically range from 2% to 3.5% per transaction (plus in many cases, a per-swipe fee of about 30 cents). Should You Tip in Cash or on a Credit Card? U.S. businesses ...

2. Assessment fees: These go directly to the card processing networks. 3. Processor fees: Your credit card processor charges these, which should, in theory, cover their services. The first two ...

In 2024, a 2.6% processing fee began being collected on all credit and debit card transactions at most city facilities. The extra charge was implemented when the city’s credit card processing ...

Below, CNBC Select rounded up some of the best credit card processing companies on the market. We looked at factors such as transparent pricing, business tools and integrations and more.