Merchants Welcome FTC Order That Mastercard Can't Block Routing Competition for Ecommerce Debit Transactions
The Merchants Payments Coalition welcomed today’s order by the Federal Trade Commission that Mastercard cease practices the agency says have illegally blocked merchants’ ability to route ecommerce debit card transactions over competing networks.
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Merchants Say Credit Card 'Swipe' Fees Could Cost Consumers $20 Billion During Holiday Season
Rising swipe fees banks charge merchants to process credit and debit card transactions could potentially cost consumers over $20 billion in higher prices for everything from dreidels to Christmas trees this holiday season, the Merchants Payments Coalition said.
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TV Ad Says Congress Should Pass Credit Card Competition Act 'For Happier Holidays'
Soaring credit card “swipe” fees are limiting what consumers can afford to buy this holiday season, according to a new TV commercial unveiled by the Merchants Payments Coalition.
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TV Ad Targets Visa's Promotion of Competition at World Cup While Blocking Competition Over Swipe Fees
The Merchants Payments Coalition unveiled a new TV commercial that takes aim at Visa’s sponsorship of the FIFA World Cup while refusing to allow competition over billions of dollars in “swipe” fees that drive up prices for consumers.
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Over 1,800 Merchants Ask Congress to Support Credit Card Competition Act
As Congress heads into its lame duck session, more than 1,800 merchants from across the country called on lawmakers to pass legislation that would bring long-sought competition to credit card “swipe” fees that drive up costs for consumers.
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Merchants Welcome Proposal to Assess Impact of Credit Card Swipe Fees on Wounded Military Veterans
MPC welcomed proposed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act that are intended to address soaring credit card “swipe” fees that drive up costs for many veterans when they buy groceries or other necessities at military commissaries.
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Merchants Say New Federal Reserve Rules Will Ease Visa and Mastercard's Anticompetitive Control of Online Debit
MPC welcomed the Federal Reserve’s long-awaited approval of new rules making it clear that merchants’ right to choose which payment networks process trillions of dollars in debit card transactions each year applies the same online as it does in stores and must be honored by banks and card companies.
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Merchants Welcome House Introduction of Credit Card Competition Act
The Merchants Payments Coalition welcomed House introduction of the Credit Card Competition Act by Representatives Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Lance Gooden, R-Texas.
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Nearly 1,700 Merchants From Small to Large Ask Congress to Support Bipartisan Credit Card Competition Legislation
More than 200 merchant trade associations and close to 1,700 companies ranging from Main Street small businesses to national chains called on Congress to support legislation sponsored by Senators Richard Durbin and Roger Marshall that would finally bring badly needed competition to the credit card market.
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Kansas Merchants Meet with Marshall on Need for Competition Over Credit Card 'Swipe' Fees
Merchants from across Kansas met with Senator Roger Marshall to emphasize how lack of competition over credit card processing drives up prices paid by consumers and thanked him for introducing the bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act.
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