Ileana Garcia looks in her wallet for credit cards during a sermon about faith-based financial management at the Miami Vineyard Community Church on March 7, 2009, in Kendall, Florida. (Joe ...

The Credit Card Competition Act would let merchants choose between at least two networks when processing transactions to help ...

Many small businesses are breathing a bit easier as inflation has cooled and the race for workers slows. But consumers’ steady embrace of credit cards is taking a growing bite out of their margins.

When the impact of credit card “swipe” fees on prices consumers pay for groceries came up at a hearing in Washington in 2022, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn was concerned. “Tell me how this contributes to ...

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Kentucky's economic health relies heavily on the prosperity of its businesses, both big and small. But with prices continuing to rise, small businesses like mine that comprise more than 99% of ...

Most consumers don’t even know they’re being nicked every time they swipe a debit or credit card thanks to the big banks’ quiet subversion of the free market. Banks charge the little diner downtown ...

The risk of swiping your credit card still remains high. Stay vigilant in protecting your information if you use your card at any of these places.

This story originally appeared on Spotlight PA. 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 ...