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Merchants Ask U.S. Authorities to ‘Look Closely’ at Amazon’s Attempt to Reject UK Visa Credit Cards
The Merchants Payments Coalition today called on Congress and federal agencies to “look closely” at Amazon’s recent announcement that it would stop accepting Visa credit cards in the United Kingdom. Even though Amazon changed its mind this week, MPC said the high “swipe” fees that prompted the move are much higher in the United States and drive up consumer prices here even more.
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Merchants Call on Fed to Complete Work on Debit Routing and Fees as Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing on Powell
As the Senate holds confirmation hearings on another term for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, the Merchants Payments Coalition today called on the Fed to finalize its proposal making it clear that merchants can choose which payment networks process debit card transactions and to also update its out-of-date debit card swipe fee regulations.
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Merchants Say Credit Card Fees are Helping Drive Thanksgiving Inflation
As Americans prepare to spend a record amount on Thanksgiving dinner and travel this year, credit card “swipe” fees will contribute significantly to the inflation seen in costs for the holiday, adding millions of dollars to prices paid by consumers, the Merchants Payments Coalition said today.
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Merchants Ask FTC to Investigate Credit Card Companies’ Role in Higher Gasoline Prices
The Merchants Payments Coalition today called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the credit card industry, saying “swipe” fees charged to process transactions have contributed to increases in gasoline prices.
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Merchants Call on Fed to Swiftly Finalize Proposal to Protect Debit Card Routing Rights
A Federal Reserve proposal making it clear that merchants can choose which payment networks process their online debit card transactions is needed because major banks and networks continue to interfere with competition for debit business a decade after legislation was passed by Congress to fix the problem, the Merchants Payments Coalition said today.
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Big Banks Should Not Be Priming the Pump to Gouge Consumers and Main Street as Card Volume Rises
The Merchants Payments Coalition today decried outrageous swipe fees pocketed by big banks, which have reported dramatic increases in credit and debit card volume this week as Main Street still struggles to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Merchants Welcome Biden Order on Competition and Say it Should be Applied to Payments Market
The Merchants Payments Coalition welcomed an executive order on competition signed today by President Joe Biden and called for its principles to be applied to address lack of competition in the payments market.
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Merchants Call on Fed to Cut Debit Card Swipe Fee Rate as Banks’ Costs Fall, Applaud Routing Announcement
The Merchants Payments Coalition called on the Federal Reserve today to revise debit card swipe fee regulations adopted a decade ago, citing a new Fed report showing banks’ average cost of processing the transactions has fallen by half. MPC also welcomed the Fed’s announcement that it plans to clarify that debit card routing requirements apply to all transactions regardless of whether they take place online, in-store or in another form.
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Merchants Welcome Reported DOJ Investigation of Visa Debit Card Routing Issues
The Merchants Payments Coalition welcomed published reports today that the Department of Justice is investigating whether Visa is engaging in anticompetitive practices related to how debit card transactions are routed for processing.
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Merchants Welcome Delay of Visa/Mastercard Swipe Fee Hike but Say Fees Are Still Too High
The Merchants Payments Coalition welcomed today’s announcement by Visa and Mastercard that nearly $1.2 billion in credit card swipe fee increases will be postponed for a year, but said existing fees are already too high and need to be addressed by Congress.
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