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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]
Credit card surcharges are becoming more common, but they’re not legal in every state.
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]
These fees are set by the credit card networks, [1] and are the largest component of the various fees that most merchants pay for the privilege of accepting credit cards, representing 70% to 90% of these fees by some estimates, although larger merchants typically pay less as a percentage. Interchange fees have a complex pricing structure, which ...
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. Note: Debit and check cards count as credit cards! To avoid the surcharge, change your payment method to the Visa, MasterCard or Discover associated with your checking account.
A new federal credit-card law takes effect today. The loftily-named Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 is designed to help consumers reduce fees and interest charges.
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.