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September 15, 2025 - US merchants are cautiously optimistic that a federal district court's decision in Corner Post, Inc. v. Bd. of Governors of Fed. Rsrv. Sys., No. 1:21-CV-00095, 2025 WL 2253474, (D ...

Credit card surcharging is on the rise. Imposing a surcharge in a compliant manner is more than adding a fee at the point of sale. Below we review on a high level the legal and commercial ...

A payment card surcharge or checkout fee is when a business passes the credit card processing cost (the interchange rate charged by card networks) to customers. It can’t be added to prepaid cards or ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dan Gingiss covers news impacting your customers and employees. With Visa and Mastercard recently reaching a settlement on a ...

A proposed settlement to long-running litigation over credit card fees could mean you could pay more at stores to use certain types of credit card, or even have your card rejected. Visa and Mastercard ...

Every time a card terminal chirps and a sale goes through, a small slice of that purchase is quietly carved off and routed into one of the most profitable financial systems on earth. The money does ...

Payment processing isn’t just a technical detail. It directly affects cash flow, customer experience and margins. When you ...

During the roughly three years since the pandemic, small-business owners have struggled with higher labor costs, increasing rents, and inflation-driven spikes in the prices of supplies. But many ...