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  2. Payment card interchange fee and merchant discount antitrust ...

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    The payment card interchange fee and merchant discount antitrust litigation is a United States class-action lawsuit filed in 2005 by merchants and trade associations against Visa, Mastercard, and numerous financial institutions that issue payment cards. The suit was filed because of price fixing and other allegedly anti-competitive trade ...

  3. Interchange fee - Wikipedia

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    Interchange fee is a term used in the payment card industry to describe a fee paid between banks for the acceptance of card-based transactions. Usually for sales/services transactions it is a fee that a merchant's bank (the "acquiring bank") pays a customer's bank (the "issuing bank"). In a credit card or debit card transaction, the card ...

  4. Can a business charge for using a credit card? - AOL

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    When a business charges a fee for a form of payment, whether in person, online or by phone, it’s called a surcharge. Credit card surcharges are applied when you use your credit card to make a ...

  5. Merchant category code - Wikipedia

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    MCCs are assigned either by merchant type (e.g., one for hotels, one for office supply stores, etc.) or by merchant name (e.g., 3000 for United Airlines [1]) and is assigned to a merchant by a credit card company when the business first starts accepting that card as a form of payment. [2]

  6. Durbin amendment - Wikipedia

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    Durbin amendment. The Durbin amendment, implemented by Regulation II, [ 1] is a provision of United States federal law, 15 U.S.C. § 1693o-2, that requires the Federal Reserve to limit fees charged to retailers for debit card processing. It was passed as part of the Dodd–Frank financial reform legislation in 2010, as a last-minute addition by ...

  7. Mastercard - Wikipedia

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    In 1996, four million merchants sued Mastercard in federal court for making them accept debit cards if they wanted to accept credit cards and dramatically increasing credit card swipe fees. This case was settled with a multibillion-dollar payment in 2003. This was the largest antitrust award in history. [32]

  8. What is a merchant cash advance? - AOL

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    A merchant cash advance is an alternative type of business financing that advances a lump-sum payment based on future credit or debit card sales. You’re essentially guaranteeing the advance with ...

  9. Merchant account - Wikipedia

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    A merchant account is a type of bank account that allows businesses to accept payments in multiple ways, typically debit or credit cards. A merchant account is established under an agreement between an acceptor and a merchant acquiring bank for the settlement of payment card transactions. In some cases a payment processor, independent sales ...