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Re:The Fed Is Behind the Capital One/Discover Merger by ksherlock on Thursday February 22, 2024 @10:26PM (#39476604)
I've encountered a couple businesses that charge an extra service fee for credit card payments but not debit card payments.
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Re:The Fed Is Behind the Capital One/Discover Merger by bombcar on Thursday February 22, 2024 @10:28PM (#39476622)
This is becoming more common now that the government broke the credit cartel - especially for larger ticket items like auto repairs.
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Re:The Fed Is Behind the Capital One/Discover Merger by lotsofpulp on Thursday February 22, 2024 @11:37PM (#39477026)
That happened in 2010.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durbin_amendment

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Re:The Fed Is Behind the Capital One/Discover Merger by MakeThemMoney on Thursday February 22, 2024 @10:36PM (#39476666)
As they should. They credit card cartel should have never been allowed to make users of other, cheaper payment methods subsidize their benefits.
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