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Experts say credit-card swipe fees cost the average American family about $1,200 a year, and a renewed push in Congress could change how those fees are set. The Credit Card Competition Act wants to ...

A federal court has upheld a law making Illinois the first state to ban swipe fees on tips and taxes. The law, known as the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, is set to take effect on July 1, ...

A judge denied the banking lobby’s attempts to stop implementation of an Illinois law that exempts state and local taxes and tips from so-called swipe fees charged by credit card processors. The ...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has reintroduced the Credit Card Competition Act. The act looks to create a more competitive climate for credit card networks, and cut down on the supermajority companies Visa ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The North Carolina legislature is preparing to address the state’s most pressing needs ...

President Donald Trump has endorsed U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's plan to lower swipe fees, which are 2-to-4% fees charged to consumers for using a credit card. “Americans are struggling with everyday ...

Every time you use your card, the credit card company adds a swipe fee of 2% to 4%. The Legislature should protect consumers and local merchants. Getty Images As lawmakers in Topeka explore ways to ...

Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year, and most of us approach it with a plan. We hunt for deals, compare prices and try to stretch our dollars a little further. What few people think ...

A Visa and MasterCard settlement with merchants announced earlier this week is the latest development in a two-decade-old battle over the fees that banks and credit card companies charge to process ...

Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall and Illinois’s Dick Durbin have spent years pushing misconceived legislation to reduce credit-card swipe fees. So they may be disappointed that credit-card companies have ...