— -- When gas prices edged above $4 a gallon earlier this spring, the Merchants Payments Coalition, a group that represents retailers, said "hidden fees" charged by banks and card processing ...

In a ruling favoring retailers, a federal judge vacated a Federal Reserve rule on debit card "swipe fees," saying the regulator went beyond what Congress allowed in laws it passed in 2010, according ...

Data suggests that fees charged by banks and card networks were more than 25% higher than other estimates. "These outrageous fees drive up the price of almost everything consumers buy, and addressing ...

Specifically, the measure would provide that the fee a merchant is charged when he swipes a customer's debit card is "reasonable and proportional" but would exempt banks with less than $10 billion in ...

The new charge also comes as DTE is seeking to raise electricity and natural gas rates — yet again — and as many consumers ...

WASHINGTON - Swipe your debit card at the supermarket and you've placed yourself at the heart of a contentious congressional debate. On one side are banks like JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America and ...

(Reuters) -A U.S. judge has vacated the Federal Reserve’s “swipe fees” regulation that capped the amount banks charge merchants for processing debit transactions, in a ruling favoring retailers that ...

The financial institutions insist that consumers may be forced to alter their use of debit cards, accept more fees, lose reward programs and possibly do without the convenience of using the cards if ...

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: ...