Merchants Applaud Trump Action on Banking Industry’s Bad Practices
MPC welcomed President Donald Trump’s executive order intended to keep banks from discriminating on political grounds, one of many ways that banks harm everyday Americans.
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Merchants Welcome Court Ruling on Debit Card Swipe Fees
MPC welcomed a federal judge’s ruling overturning the Federal Reserve’s 2011 regulated rate for debit card “swipe” fees on the grounds that it was set higher than intended by Congress.
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Marketplace: Crypto firms want stablecoins to be the new credit cards
Businesses can either pass on that fee to their customers or just eat it. Which is why the National Retail Federation’s Stephanie Martz (an MPC Executive Committee member) is excited about stablecoins. “This would be much needed competition for the traditional credit card market,” she said. Retailers paid $187 billion in swipe fees last year, mostly to Visa and Mastercard, which have been long criticized as having a duopoly on payment systems. “Our strong hope and expectation is that this would finally result in credit card and debit card swipe fees going down,” Martz said.
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Bilyonaryo: Will stablecoins become everyday money?
Visa and Mastercard combined collected around $187 billion in fees on card purchases in the United States last year, according to the Merchant Payments Coalition. Conducting sales in stablecoins bypasses banks or payment systems, reducing transaction costs.
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Gifts and Decorative Accessories: Could Lower Swipe Fees Help Offset Rising Costs of Goods?
According to a survey by the Merchants Payments Coalition, the vast majority of consumers favor lower credit card “swipe” fees, and those surveyed believe two-to-one that the Credit Card Competition Act would achieve that goal. “Consumers are tired of paying higher prices because of soaring swipe fees that transfer billions of dollars from Main Street to Wall Street each year,” MPC Executive Committee member and National Association of Convenience Stores General Counsel Doug Kantor said. “These survey results show Americans want Congress to fix the broken U.S. payments system and that they aren’t falling for banks’ propaganda about why that can’t be done.”
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Survey Says Consumers Want Lower Credit Card ‘Swipe’ Fees and Believe the CCCA Would Help
The vast majority of consumers favor lower credit card “swipe” fees and those surveyed believe two-to-one that the Credit Card Competition Act would achieve that goal, MPC said today.
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Hardware Building Supply Dealer: Swipe fee survey says: Lower the fees, please
The vast majority of consumers favor lower credit card swipe fees, and those surveyed believe two-to-one that the Credit Card Competition Act would achieve that goal, according to new data from the Merchants Payments Coalition. “Consumers are tired of paying higher prices because of soaring swipe fees that transfer billions of dollars from Main Street to Wall Street each year,” MPC Executive Committee member and National Association of Convenience Stores General Counsel Doug Kantor said. “These survey results show Americans want Congress to fix the broken U.S. payments system and that they aren’t falling for banks’ propaganda about why that can’t be done.”
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Punchbowl News: Credit Card Wars
The Merchants Payments Coalition published new polling today that found 71% of consumers prefer lower swipe fees. The group said the survey also showed that respondents believe by a two-to-one margin that the Credit Card Competition Act would help lower these fees.
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Northern Kentucky Tribune: Back-to-school shopping season kicks off early as families seek savings amid economic uncertainty
A recent report by the Merchants Payments Coalition found that these “swipe” fees will drive up the price of school/college shopping by a total of $3 billion in 2025, costing the average family an additional $20 to $30. Retailers are currently partnering with this group to ask Congress to pass the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA), which would increase competition in the credit card processing market to lower transaction fees — benefiting both merchants and consumers.
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Spectrum News: Kentucky back-to-school shopping forecast
A report by the Merchants Payments Coalition found that “swipe” fees will drive up the price of school shopping by $3 billion in 2025, costing the average family an additional $20 to $30.
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