Merchants’ disdain for interchange is well documented, but one aspect of card-acceptance costs that gets drowned out by the outcry over interchange is that rising processing fees are hitting merchants ...

DENVER, CO, UNITED STATES, January 14, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Jason Ruedy, President, CEO of Emerge Merchant Services says with the new year comes new challenges ...

Merchants’ disdain for interchange is well documented, but one aspect of card-acceptance costs that gets drowned out by the outcry over interchange is that rising processing fees are hitting merchants ...

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 ...

Robert Day is the MP at weAudit.com and the author of The Great American Heist: How Credit Card Processors Steal Businesses' Profits. Some credit card processors employ a deceptive tactic known as ...

The small portion of each credit card sale that your business pays toward processing costs can add up to thousands each year. Although credit card fees are a cost of doing business, they aren’t set in ...

Accepting credit cards requires a payment processor like Square or Stripe, a merchant account, and hardware like POS ...

Visa and Mastercard are offering to lower the fees they charge merchants to accept their credit cards to settle 20 years of litigation, but some merchant groups say it's all "smoke and mirrors" and ...

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 ...

Swipe fees are charges merchants pay when accepting card payments. They range from 1% to 3% depending on card type and brand. Swipe fees eat into profit margins but can be managed with smart ...