Businesses are changing how they accept payments, from credit card surcharges to going cashless. Find out why and how ...

A new law hopes to clear up any confusion or secrecy surrounding credit card surcharges. The new law took effect on Sunday, Feb. 11. It requires sellers to clearly post the credit card prices, ...

Surcharges cover the swipe fees that Visa and Mastercard charge merchants. Customer transparency is key when it comes to surcharges. Only four states ban merchants from adding surcharges. Credit card ...

Businesses may ask you to pay credit card surcharges, also known as checkout fees, when you pay with a credit card. These fees make credit card purchases more costly, even if it' ...

Many Americans are unknowingly paying more at the pump, and the reason lies in how they pay. Since 2013, a federal law has allowed businesses—including gas stations—to charge up to a 4% surcharge for ...

More and more Long Island merchants are dinging shoppers with fees for using credit cards, and many of them are doing it in a way that breaks the law. The surcharges, often running 3% to 4% of the ...

Legislation signed into law on Aug. 18 by Gov. Phil Murphy aims to combat the growing number of credit card surcharges hitting consumers. The law (Assembly Bill 4284/Senate Bill 3508) was passed ...

On the scale of practices that bother consumers, credit card surcharges fall somewhere between mildly annoying and utterly offensive. And they’re legal, as long as businesses stay within the ...

Credit card customers may experience a new level of complexity with transaction fees and even outright rejection. The Visa-Mastercard settlement announced this week, if approved by the court, could ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- If you’ve dined at a restaurant, pumped gas or shopped at a small business since Feb. 11, you’ve probably already noticed the change: Stores throughout the state, including New ...

September 15, 2025 - US merchants are cautiously optimistic that a federal district court's decision in Corner Post, Inc. v. Bd. of Governors of Fed. Rsrv. Sys., No. 1:21-CV-00095, 2025 WL 2253474, (D ...