Every time a card terminal chirps and a sale goes through, a small slice of that purchase is quietly carved off and routed ...

Advocates encourage passage of the Credit Card Competition Act during Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Citing data released by payments consulting firm CMSPI, RILA noted that swipe fees to process ...

The Merchants Payments Coalition claims that the average family in the U.S. pays $1,200 per year to cover the costs of swipe ...

FMI enthusiastically endorses the reintroduction of the Credit Card Competition Act and praises Sens. Marshall and Durbin and ...

HARRISBURG – A bill that aims to slightly lower credit card “swipe fees” is moving quickly through the Pennsylvania House. But it faces long odds in the state Senate and has drawn vehement opposition ...

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Just out of curiosity who here is running some kind of card swipe system? I'm thinking basically anything more complex than a standalone swipe card on a door.<BR><BR>We're running a Lenel system. It's ...

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Credit card fraud has become a constant and pervasive threat, and debit cards aren't immune to being stolen either. The Federal Trade Commission reported 66,090 instances of credit card fraud in 2020.

Rising credit card “swipe” fees are driving up prices and squeezing grocery and other retailers’ already slim margins, but “it does not have to be this way,” according to trade groups, companies and ...