Retail Customer Experience: Swipe fees could cost consumers $683M on Valentine’s day
"For restaurants, swipe fees are anything but a love story," MPC Executive Committee member and National Restaurant Association Director of Technology and Innovation Policy Brennan Duckett said in the release. "On one of the year's biggest dining holidays, these excessive fees raise costs for restaurant operators and for every couple trying to enjoy a special night out. It's time for Congress to show some love to small businesses and their guests by passing the Credit Card Competition Act."
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Pizza Marketplace: Swipe fees could cost consumers $683M on Valentine’s day
"For restaurants, swipe fees are anything but a love story," MPC Executive Committee member and National Restaurant Association Director of Technology and Innovation Policy Brennan Duckett said in the release. "On one of the year's biggest dining holidays, these excessive fees raise costs for restaurant operators and for every couple trying to enjoy a special night out. It's time for Congress to show some love to small businesses and their guests by passing the Credit Card Competition Act."
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Kiosk Marketplace: Swipe fees could cost consumers $683M on Valentine’s day
"For restaurants, swipe fees are anything but a love story," MPC Executive Committee member and National Restaurant Association Director of Technology and Innovation Policy Brennan Duckett said in the release. "On one of the year's biggest dining holidays, these excessive fees raise costs for restaurant operators and for every couple trying to enjoy a special night out. It's time for Congress to show some love to small businesses and their guests by passing the Credit Card Competition Act."
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Credit Card ‘Swipe’ Fees Could Cost Consumers $683 Million on Valentine’s Day
Credit card swipe fees that President Donald Trump calls the “out of control Swipe Fee ripoff” could cost consumers more than $683 million in higher prices this Valentine’s Day, MPC said.
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Merchants Welcome Unions’ Call to Pass Credit Card ‘Swipe’ Fee Reform
MPC welcomed the endorsement of the Credit Card Competition Act by three of the nation’s largest labor unions, who called on the Senate Agriculture Committee to “not lose sight” of credit card swipe fees as it considers cryptocurrency legislation set for a vote.
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Merchants Urge Senate Ag Committee to Approve Credit Card ‘Swipe’ Fee Amendment to Cryptocurrency Legislation
MPC and other merchant groups from across the country urged the Senate Agriculture Committee to include the Credit Card Competition Act, which was recently endorsed by President Donald Trump, as part of cryptocurrency marketplace structure legislation.
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Merchants Say ‘The President is Right’ on High Credit Card Company Profits
MPC welcomed concern about excessive credit card company profits voiced by President Donald Trump during remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Merchants Welcome Durbin Call to ‘Get This Done’ After Trump Endorsement of Credit Card Competition Act
MPC welcomed remarks made by Senator Dick Durbin on the Senate floor as he called for passage of the Credit Card Competition Act two days after the measure was endorsed by President Donald Trump.
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Merchants Praise Congressional Reintroduction of the Credit Card Competition Act
The Merchants Payments Coalition praised the House and Senate reintroduction today of the bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act, which would force giant credit card companies to compete for business rather than simply gouging Main Street and its customers with high credit card swipe fees.
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Merchants Thank President Trump for Championing Main Street and Its Customers
The Merchants Payments Coalition today applauded President Trump’s strong words of support for the Credit Card Competition Act.
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