What a business ultimately pays is determined by how its payment environment is structured, how transactions are processed and how agreements are negotiated.

Our payment system delivers security, convenience and choice and shouldn't be changed haphazardly, write Melissa Spurgin.

Americans currently use debit cards and credit cards for nearly 82% of their payments and purchases, almost double the share as recently as 2003. In 2022, they used debit cards 98 billion times for ...

HB 2090 would attempt to remove sales tax from credit card interchange fee calculations, a change that may sound simple but ...

Credit card processing costs typically range from 1.5% to 3.5%, but processor markups can inflate costs. Using interchange-plus pricing can give you more insight than a flat-rate plan. Compare quotes, ...

Merchant groups late Friday filed written complaints regarding the latest settlement offer in their two-decades old lawsuit against Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. challenging card swipe fees. The ...

Today (November 10, 2025), credit card company Visa (NYSE:V) has issued a statement a potential legal settlement in the Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation. The ...

It will stifle competition and harm consumers just as the card market has grown more competitive. Nobody is delighted with the latest settlement proposal in the multi-decade antitrust lawsuit against ...

The small portion of each credit card sale that your business pays toward processing costs can add up to thousands each year. Although credit card fees are a cost of doing business, they aren’t set in ...