Fees paid by merchants to accept credit card and debit cards will dampen consumer spending power this holiday shopping season as sellers look for ways to offset the cost, says the Merchants Payment ...

Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year, and most of us approach it with a plan. We hunt for deals, compare prices and try to stretch our dollars a little further. What few people think ...

The proposed deal would slightly lower so-called 'swipe fees' The National Retail Federation doesn't think the settlement goes far enough Here's how consumers could be affected The deal, which still ...

(The Center Square) – A longtime small business advocate has launched a new website to help store owners explain credit card surcharges to their customers. Karen Harned, who led the National ...

Visa and Mastercard say they have reached a settlement to resolve a long-running battle over swipe fees. These are the fees that restaurants and retailers pay the card companies every time a customer ...

Image credit: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images U.S. consumers could start seeing additional fees for using a credit card at the register. A new settlement involving Visa, ...

Visa and Mastercard announced Monday that they reached a proposed settlement that would lower charges that merchants pay to the credit card networks. While those fees are paid by the store every time ...

Visa and Mastercard on Monday agreed to a settlement to end the long-running “swipe fee” lawsuit, but the proposal has the restaurant and retail industries crying foul. The two credit card giants ...

Visa and Mastercard announced Monday that they reached a proposed settlement that would lower charges that merchants pay to the credit card networks. While those fees are paid by the store every time ...

As part of the proposed settlement, the credit card companies will temporarily lower the swipe fees for merchants. But not everyone sees this as a satisfying end to a legal battle that stretched on ...

Credit card swipe fees have become one of the most prominent and oppressive issues for New York’s small business owners. Whether it's mom and pop stores upstate or corner store bodegas in Manhattan, ...