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Donald Trump renewed support for the Credit Card Competition Act, sharpening the fight over swipe fees, credit card rewards ...

・The Credit Card Competition Act, introduced in 2023, is legislation that would “enhance competition and choice in the credit card network market, which is currently dominated by the Visa-Mastercard ...

A proposal is moving through the Kansas Legislature that would ban credit card networks from applying fees to sales taxes and tips. If passed, the measure would unlock immediate savings for the ...

​American merchants paid $198.25 billion in credit and debit card swipe fees in 2025, up 5.9% from the year before. When an owner sees that line on a statement, the instinct is often the same: Pass it ...

The Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA) was not included in the recently passed GENIUS Act, though it had been considered as an amendment. At its core, the CCCA mandates that credit card issuers with ...

As a consumer, I have finally hit the wall when it comes to "swipe fees" on credit cards. That happened last month when my dentist — my dentist! — announced he was tacking on a 3.5 percent surcharge ...

The risk of credit card fraud doesn’t end when or where you swipe your card. Any business that stores your credit card number could experience a data breach in which a hacker attains access to your ...