MPC Hill Blast: Fuel Price/Swipe Fee Tracker
Credit card swipe fees currently amount to 10.5 cents on the average gallon of gas and 15.1 cents on the average gallon of diesel, costing American consumers $63.7 million per day.
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Milwaukee Sentinel Journal: Why you may see a service fee on your We Energies bill and how to avoid it
Many retailers, like those represented by the Merchants Payment Coalition, have complained that card processing fees are too costly for them, and ultimately, consumers. The average American family pays $1,200 in swipe fees each year, (MPC Executive Committee member Doug) Kantor said, referencing the coalition's 2025 report. "These fees are outrageously high, and they increase the prices that we pay for everything we buy."
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Payment Industry Intelligence: US Merchants mount fresh challenge to Visa-Mastercard swipe fee settlement
The Merchant Payments Coalition argues the latest proposal remains inadequate, claiming that card fees have risen sharply since the pandemic and represent one of retailers’ largest operating expenses after labour.
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Law360: Walmart, Retail Groups Doubt Value Of $200B Swipe Fee Deal
The Merchant Payments Coalition said in a statement, "We object to this proposed settlement because it would grant Visa, Mastercard and giant card-issuing banks sweeping liability immunity for their anticompetitive system of card fees and rules while providing merchants with temporary and meager relief that is riddled with loopholes that will make the relief largely ineffective."
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NACS Daily: NACS Objects to Swipe Fee Settlement
“The proposed settlement is subterfuge for approving the bad practices of the credit card industry and the large number and wide range of merchants of all categories and sizes signing this letter show it,” NACS Senior Vice President for Government Relations and General Counsel Doug (and MPC Executive Committee member) Kantor said. “The vast majority of merchants and other businesses that accept credit cards oppose the proposal. This is the third time that the credit card industry has tried to abuse the court process to protect its anticompetitive business practices. It should be rejected just like it has been in the past.”
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Payments Dive: Walmart slams card fee pact, again
Card swipe fees applied to transactions collectively have increased 80% since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, to a record $198 billion last year, according to the Merchants Payments Coalition.
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Merchants Welcome Vance Support for Credit Card Swipe Fee Reform
MPC welcomed Vice President J.D. Vance’s call for credit card swipe fee reform, which came amid growing White House and congressional support for action to keep the hidden fees from driving up prices for consumers.
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Green Sheet: Nearly 1K merchants tell judge proposed Visa/MC settlement is 'riddled with loopholes’
The Merchant Payments Coalition said today that nearly 1,000 businesses and trade associations have called on a federal judge to reject the proposed settlement of merchants’ lawsuit over Visa and Mastercard credit card swipe fees that drive up consumer prices, saying the deal fails to provide adequate relief.
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TipRanks: Legal Challenge Sends Mastercard Stock Into Retreat
Mastercard shares slipped as investors reacted to fresh legal turbulence around its massive $38 billion swipe-fee settlement. A formal objection from the Merchant Payments Coalition has revived worries that the long-running antitrust case could drag on, with the settlement potentially delayed, altered or requiring additional financial concessions. The coalition argues the agreement offers too little relief to merchants while shielding card networks from future liability, raising the specter of renewed courtroom battles and higher legal costs. That cloud of uncertainty is pressuring the stock today, as the market reassesses the risk that this legal overhang could stretch on for years.
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Convenience Store News: Merchants Call Out Loopholes in Credit Card Swipe Fee Settlement
"The proposed settlement is subterfuge for approving the bad practices of the credit card industry, and the large number and wide range of merchants of all categories and sizes signing this letter show it," MPC Executive Committee member Doug Kantor said. "The vast majority of merchants and other businesses that accept credit cards oppose the proposal. This is the third time that the credit card industry has tried to abuse the court process to protect its anticompetitive business practices. It should be rejected just like it has been in the past."
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