Visa and Mastercard announced a new proposal with U.S. merchants in a 20-year-long legal battle over interchange, or swipe, fees. The proposal includes a temporary reduction in swipe fees and could ...

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Visa and Mastercard have agreed to end their longstanding “honor all cards” rule and temporarily lower interchange fees as part of a settlement agreement announced Monday that could conclude 20 years ...

Visa/Mastercard may cut swipe fees a hair (about 0.1%), which helps stores but won’t show up as obvious price drops for shoppers Stores could get more power to favor cheaper cards and even say “no” to ...

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Walmart filed a complaint about the Visa and Mastercard settlement offer saying the proposal did not provide relief to large ...

Industry advocacy groups say the proposed reduction in swipe fees is inadequate and does not apply to interchange fees. According to Martz, the reduction in swipe fees is inadequate because it is just ...

In case you didn’t know, Visa and Mastercard have been in a legal feud with U.S. merchants for about 20 years. Last month, the two giants proposed a new settlement — and it’s already facing legal ...