BRISTOL, Tenn. - Shoppers beware: if you choose to swipe your credit card, it could cost you more money. Two major credit card companies are now allowing businesses to charge an additional fee on-top ...

When the impact of credit card “swipe” fees on prices consumers pay for groceries came up at a hearing in Washington in 2022, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn was concerned. “Tell me how this contributes to ...

Ileana Garcia looks in her wallet for credit cards during a sermon about faith-based financial management at the Miami Vineyard Community Church on March 7, 2009, in Kendall, Florida. (Joe ...

A proposal is moving through the Kansas Legislature that would ban credit card networks from applying fees to sales taxes and tips. If passed, the measure would unlock immediate savings for the ...

Total fees increased by more than $15 billion from the previous year. Last December, Rovertown partnered with Weigel's and St. Romain Oil Co., operator of Y-Not Stop c-stores, to integrate swipe fee ...

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Under a new bill introduced this month, Washington state could lead a nationwide charge in addressing the ballooning “swipe fee” problem; fees that cut into small businesses’ profit margins and raise ...

This story originally appeared on Spotlight PA. A bill that aims to slightly lower credit card “swipe fees” is moving quickly through the Pennsylvania House. But it faces long odds in the state Senate ...

Thursday is the beginning of the end for magnetic-stripe credit cards. With the change, banks say stores will have to pay for fraudulent... No More Swiping: New Credit Cards Designed To Reduce Theft ...