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A payment surcharge, also known as checkout fee, is an extra fee charged by a merchant when receiving a payment by cheque, credit card, charge card, debit card or an e-money account, [1] but not cash, which at least covers the cost to the merchant of accepting that means of payment, such as the merchant service fee imposed by a credit card company. [2]
Credit card surcharges are becoming more common, but they’re not legal in every state.
Credit card surcharges are applied when you use your credit card to make a payment. In states where surcharges are legal, they must be clearly displayed at the point of sale and on your receipt ...
Debit cards and transactions in the ten states that prohibit credit-card surcharges will not be affected. Many large retailers, such as Wal-Mart and Target have opted not to impose surcharges. [12] In the event of a return, surcharges are refunded along with the purchase price of the merchandise. [13]
Some countries have banned the no-surcharge rule, most notably in Australia [144] retailers may apply surcharges to any credit-card transaction, Visa or otherwise. In the UK the law was changed in January 2018 to prevent retailers from adding a surcharge to a transaction as per ' The Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012 '.
Businesses in New York will have to clearly state the total price of an item or service and limit their surcharge amounts starting Sunday, Feb. 11. NY ditches hidden credit card surcharges with ...
AOL pays extra expenses whenever we process a payment from a checking account, so the fee allows us to continue offering you the option to pay your monthly bill without using a credit card. If you want to avoid paying this fee, you can learn how to change your payment method or go directly to My Account and choose a different payment option.
Long-suffering businesses have won a big concession from credit card networks Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA): the right to add surcharges on customers who use their cards. But despite warnings that ...