Merchants Ask Congress to Investigate Visa and Mastercard Fees
The Merchants Payments Coalition has called on Congress to investigate Visa and Mastercard’s anticompetitive dominance over the U.S. credit and debit card markets, citing President Biden’s call in his State of the Union address to fight inflation by increasing competition, according to a news release.
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Swipe Fees Are Falling for Small Businesses. Or Are They?
A concession on interchange rates has done little to appease a merchant lobbying group that is hoping lawmakers will prevent Visa and Mastercard from changing their fees in April. The card networks are planning to implement a long-delayed increase in certain swipe fees next month, but they agreed to cut rates on some transactions for small businesses and the travel and day care industries. The Merchants Payments Coalition says the targeted cuts are small potatoes and won’t help the vast majority of retailers coping with credit card interchange rates that are cutting into profits as inflation soars.
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Mastercard, Visa Prep Fee Hike for April
Mastercard and Visa are preparing to raise the fees paid by merchants when consumers pay with credit cards, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (March 8).
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MPC Asks Congress to Investigate Card Brands
The Merchants Payments Coalition today called on Congress to investigate Visa and Mastercard’s anticompetitive dominance over the U.S. credit and debit card markets, citing President Biden’s call in his State of the Union address to fight inflation by increasing competition.
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Merchants Bid to Block Looming Interchange Fee Hike
The Merchants Payments Coalition is calling on US politicians to block Visa and Mastercard interchange fee hikes that are set to take effect in April.
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MPC Letter to the House Committee on Financial Services
The Merchants Payments Coalition applauds the Committee’s interest and concern with inflation as shown in today’s hearing on “The Inflation Equation: Corporate Profiteering, Supply Chain Bottlenecks and COVID-19” and requests to have this letter submitted into the hearing record. MPC advocates on behalf of the millions of Main Street merchants that accept credit and debit cards in every Congressional district.
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Merchants Ask Congress to Investigate Visa and Mastercard, Citing Biden Call to Fight Inflation with Competition
The Merchants Payments Coalition today called on Congress to investigate Visa and Mastercard’s anticompetitive dominance over the U.S. credit and debit card markets, citing President Biden’s call in his State of the Union address to fight inflation by increasing competition.
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Merchants Launch Ad Campaign as Swipe-Fee Hike Looms
Ahead of a planned swipe-fee increase set for April by Visa and Mastercard, the Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC) launched an advertising campaign to educate Congress and other policymakers on the swipe fees and the impact they have on consumers, small businesses and the U.S. economy.
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Credit card swipe fees set for $1.2 billion increase
A new advertising campaign looks to educate Congress and other policymakers on the impact high swipe fees have on consumers, small businesses and the U.S. economy.
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Merchants’ Ad Campaign Highlights Harm of Credit Card Swipe Fees Ahead of $1.2 Billion Increase
With fees set to rise in April, the Merchants Payments Coalition today announced an advertising campaign to educate Congress and other policymakers on high “swipe” fees credit card networks and big banks charge merchants to process transactions and the impact the fees have on consumers, small businesses and the U.S. economy.
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