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- Chase Canada Closing All Amazon.ca Credit Cards March 15 by DCTA. Keep in mind that Chase is exiting the Canadian marketplace and recently renewed their deal with Amazon in the US.
- Payment services: Consumers to benefit from cheaper, safer and more innovative electronic payments by European Commission. Basically the EU has prohibit surcharging for credit and debit card payments.
So this legislation will Prohibit a merchant charging the customer a fee to use a debit/credit card?
Will be Interesting to see how the ripples of that will effect the US market.
It’s just utter nonsense. The fees get passed down one way or another. The fact that they go making laws like this is pointless. Prices of everything at these shops will just go up 2% – hurts small businesses.
Keep in mind fees are capped for merchants as well.
Its easy for someone the US to say this. Almost no one in US charge surcharge Unless you are utility company and your rates are controlled by gov laws. This is menace in Europe and Asia. Had to withdraw From ATM and pay cash.