— -- When gas prices edged above $4 a gallon earlier this spring, the Merchants Payments Coalition, a group that represents retailers, said "hidden fees" charged by banks and card processing ...

Data suggests that fees charged by banks and card networks were more than 25% higher than other estimates. "These outrageous fees drive up the price of almost everything consumers buy, and addressing ...

Total fees increased by more than $15 billion from the previous year. Last December, Rovertown partnered with Weigel's and St. Romain Oil Co., operator of Y-Not Stop c-stores, to integrate swipe fee ...

In a ruling favoring retailers, a federal judge vacated a Federal Reserve rule on debit card "swipe fees," saying the regulator went beyond what Congress allowed in laws it passed in 2010, according ...

WASHINGTON - Swipe your debit card at the supermarket and you've placed yourself at the heart of a contentious congressional debate. On one side are banks like JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America and ...

Two key Republican senators have proposed a measure that would overturn a rule that exposes banks with more than $10 Billion ...

The National Retail Federation this week asked the Federal Reserve to lower the five-year-old cap on debit-card swipe fees, saying it was higher than Congress intended. “In most cases, 24 cents per ...

Little Dipper in downtown Roanoke recently started accepting credit cards. Co-owner Shellie Crowder says the boost in business has been worth the extra fees, but she thinks mom-and-pop stores such as ...