Credit card swipe fees are going up, costing businesses and could eventually cost all of us more money too. The fees are charged every time we swipe a credit card while shopping. Here's an example: ...

(TCS) — If Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs the budget and revenue package legislators approved, consumers paying by card may have to swipe to pay for their goods and swipe again to pay the sales tax for ...

Total fees increased by more than $15 billion from the previous year. Last December, Rovertown partnered with Weigel's and St. Romain Oil Co., operator of Y-Not Stop c-stores, to integrate swipe fee ...

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up a case asking the Federal Reserve to lower the cap on debit card “swipe fees.” An amendment by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act directed ...

Have you ever asked yourself why gas stations offer a cash discount when you pay to fill up your tank? The answer is: credit card swipe fees. Gas stations, or any business that accepts credit cards ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - In South Carolina, skimmers have been found at gas station pumps, ATM’s, retail and grocery stores. Skimmers are devices that criminals attach to point of sales or card readers ...

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 ...

Monarch owner Jennifer Ray is the founder of Service for Change, a new initiative that involves 16 local restaurants and breweries. From groceries to gas, Kansas consumers are weary of the inflation ...

I’ve spent most of my life working in restaurants. At 15, I worked tables at the restaurant my dad managed while my mom bartended. Even then, I knew I wanted to be a chef — though my dad wasn’t ...

Whenever someone uses a credit card to buy a scoop of mango ice cream at one of Victor Garcia's shops in Texas, the financial system takes a bite. Credit card fees gobbled up more than $25,000 of ...

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 ...