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Accepting credit cards requires a payment processor like Square or Stripe, a merchant account, and hardware like POS ...

Running a small business is tough, and dealing with credit card processing can make it even tougher. Many small business ...

Businesses often overlook excessive credit card processing fees which can drain finances — stay alert for warning signals. Understanding and monitoring your discount rate, effective rate, interchange ...

Credit card spending has grown significantly over the past decade, leading to higher costs for businesses. For retail executives, finding ways to reduce these processing fees is crucial to improving ...

Patients continue using cards, but the cost now lands where it belongs — a shift that eased a long-standing frustration.

Editor's note: Surcharging and questions about whether to pass along credit card fees to patients is a current hot topic. With that in mind, I sat down with Emily Edwards, director of Strategic Growth ...

In 2024, a 2.6% processing fee began being collected on all credit and debit card transactions at most city facilities. The extra charge was implemented when the city’s credit card processing vendor ...

Many small businesses are breathing a bit easier as inflation has cooled and the race for workers slows. But consumers’ steady embrace of credit cards is taking a growing bite out of their margins.

More than 60% of all purchases last year were made with a credit or debit card, according to the Federal Reserve. That’s up from 45% in 2016. That means big money for credit card companies, which made ...