This article discusses how debit and credit cards work, including their pros and cons. It ends with some helpful tips and ...

The National Retail Federation this week asked the Federal Reserve to lower the five-year-old cap on debit-card swipe fees, saying it was higher than Congress intended. “In most cases, 24 cents per ...

— -- When gas prices edged above $4 a gallon earlier this spring, the Merchants Payments Coalition, a group that represents retailers, said "hidden fees" charged by banks and card processing ...

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 ...

Swipe fees are charges merchants pay when accepting card payments. They range from 1% to 3% depending on card type and brand. Swipe fees eat into profit margins but can be managed with smart ...

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 ...

HELENA — If you’re a Montana merchant, bank or consumer — and that means most everyone in the state — the new federal rules on debit-card “swipe fees” will affect you in some way. Yet, the question of ...

Residential and commercial DTE customers who use debit or credit cards to pay their bills, will have a new card processing fee added beginning March 2.