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An interchange fee is 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").
Interchange fees or "debit card swipe fees" are paid to banks by acquirers for the privilege of accepting payment cards. Merchants and card-issuing banks have long fought over these fees. Prior to the Durbin amendment, card swipe fees were previously unregulated and averaged about 44 cents per transaction. [3]
If a merchant pays a $2 fee on a $100 transaction, about $1.60 of that goes to the customer's bank and a smaller amount goes to the merchant's bank, which together constitute an interchange fee.
In March 2024, a settlement in the injunctive relief portion of the payment card interchange fee case was announced to reduce what are known as "swipe fees" for merchants in the U.S. This change, set to last five years, was expected to save retailers about $30 billion and mark the end of a long-standing legal battle over antitrust issues ...
2. Overdraft fees. 💵 Typical cost: $26 to $35 per occurrence Overdraft fees happen when you spend more money than you have in your checking account, and the bank covers the difference ...
Aside from interchange or swipe fees, which Visa and Mastercard force retailers to pay to issuing banks, the two credit card giants charge network fees to merchants.
A merchant account is a type of bank account that allows a seller, known as the merchant, to accept payments by 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.
Typically, swipe fees cost merchants 2% of the total transaction a customer makes — but can be as much as 4% for some premium rewards cards, according to the National Retail Federation. The ...