WASHINGTON – Soaring credit and debit card swipe fees cost the average U.S. household more than $1,100 last year, the Merchants Payments Coalition said. “American families should not get bilked for more than $1,100 each year on swipe fees,” MPC Executive Committee member and National Retail Federation Senior Director of Government Relations Dylan Jeon said.
WASHINGTON – More than 60 national and state organizations representing consumers and merchants have called on Congress to reject legislation introduced by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., that would delay the Federal Reserve’s proposal to reduce the regulated rate for debit card swipe fees. “Every day of further delay in the Fed’s consideration of its proposed
WASHINGTON – The Merchants Payments Coalition on Tuesday called for the Federal Reserve to revise debit card swipe fee rules to reflect lower bank costs. The swipe fee regulations were adopted a decade ago, and a new Fed report shows that banks’ average cost of processing the transactions has since fallen by half. “The Fed
WASHINGTON — Retailers filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to compel the Federal Reserve to lower its 10-year-old cap on the “swipe” fees banks charge to process debit card transactions. The suit, filed by the North Dakota Retail Association and the North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association in U.S. District Court in Bismarck, N.D., charges that