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 ...

Reducing merchant credit card fees can improve your bottom line. But your strategy depends on your transaction volume, industry, and customer base. Use these tips to lower the costs of processing ...

Convenience retailers lose credit card provision as stablecoin law moves forward without Credit Card Competition Act ...

Industry experts say credit card swipe fees are taking a chunk out of Americans' spending power. But Electronic Payments Coalition claimed these processing costs are among the lowest.

Banks, card processors and processing networks like Visa and Mastercard each charge a fee to process credit card transactions. The sum of those fees is called the “swipe fee,” which usually ...

Alternatives to Credit Card Surcharges and Other Considerations Merchants may explore ways other than surcharging to lower their payment processing costs.

Stablecoins promise instant settlement and low fees—but how do they compare to credit cards, debit cards, and BNPL on costs, fraud, and consumer protections?

The Marshall-Durbin Amendment’s fix is to let merchants pick between a minimum of two different credit card networks when processing a transaction. Simply creating competition will incentivize ...

Making things worse, Visa—which accounts for about 52 percent of business done by the four major U.S. credit card companies—is increasing some of its processing fees, which raises the risk ...

But by using the right type of rewards credit card, you might be able to get some (or all!) of that fee back. For example, let's say your bill includes a 2.5% processing fee.