Interchange Fees/page/2 news and trends

Boost Says New Visa Rules Lower B2B Payment Costs
B2B Payments // June 23, 2026

Boost Payment Solutions’ B2B payments platform has helped customers reduce their interchange costs by nearly 44% since Visa’s Commercial Enhanced Data Program (CEDP) launched in October. The platform has helped customers save $14.7 million in acceptance costs across more than $1.2 billion in qualifying transaction volume...

Judge Signals Approval for Visa and Mastercard Swipe Fee Settlement
Credit Cards // June 09, 2026

Visa and Mastercard may be winding down a two-decade long court battle with merchants over the fees merchants pay to accept credit cards. A judge granted preliminary approval Tuesday (June 9) to the companies’ $38 billion settlement with merchants that was announced in November, Reuters...

Illinois Delays Swipe Fee Ban for Another Year
Credit Cards // June 01, 2026

The Illinois legislature voted Monday (June 1) to delay implementation of the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (IFPA) for a year. If the bill containing this provision (SB3645) is signed into law by the governor, the act will be effective July 1, 2027, rather than July...

Colorado Senate Advances Bill to Axe Swipe Fees on Taxes
Credit Cards // April 28, 2026

A Colorado bill that would prohibit payment card networks from charging an interchange fee on the sales tax portion of a debit card or credit card transaction is headed to the full state Senate for a vote. The bill, SB26-134, was introduced on March 4...

Interviews & Exclusives
Boost CEO Unpacks Visa’s New Interchange Rules for B2B Payments

October 27, 2025
Watch more: Need to Know: Boost Payment Solutions, Dean M Leavitt Interchange has always shaped how suppliers view card payments. A small change in the rate can move margins, and for commercial transactions, those margins matter. Visa’s Commercial Enhanced Data Program, or CEDP, introduces one of the most sweeping changes to interchange qualification in decades. […]

Chime Sets Sights on the Affluent Consumer and an $86 Billion Revenue Opportunity

May 14, 2025
In 2022, as the pandemic waned, PYMNTS Intelligence found that only about 9% of consumers used digital banks for their primary financial relationships and accounts. Since then, however, the push...

With Illinois Interchange Ban Under Injunction, Banks and Merchants Await Next Move

January 29, 2025
A battle in Illinois over interchange fees could influence other states to decide whether these fees should be reshaped or banned. Banks charge each other interchange fees to cover the...

What to Watch as the Debit Interchange Fee Battle Heats Up in 2025

December 26, 2024
Sweeping changes to debit card interchange fees — and the ways debit transactions are facilitated — may come in 2025. As a result, the economics of debit payments may also...

Quick Reads
Big Banks Eye Payments Deal That Could Rewire Debit Fees

July 06, 2026
Some of the biggest U.S. banks are exploring a deal that could reshape the economics of debit cards, reopen one of payments’ fiercest policy fights and give large issuers a way around federal fee limits they have opposed for more than a decade. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (July 6) that JPMorgan Chase, Bank […]

Boost Says New Visa Rules Lower B2B Payment Costs

June 23, 2026
Boost Payment Solutions’ B2B payments platform has helped customers reduce their interchange costs by nearly 44% since Visa’s Commercial Enhanced Data Program (CEDP) launched in October. The platform has helped customers...

Judge Signals Approval for Visa and Mastercard Swipe Fee Settlement

June 09, 2026
Visa and Mastercard may be winding down a two-decade long court battle with merchants over the fees merchants pay to accept credit cards. A judge granted preliminary approval Tuesday (June...

Illinois Delays Swipe Fee Ban for Another Year

June 01, 2026
The Illinois legislature voted Monday (June 1) to delay implementation of the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (IFPA) for a year. If the bill containing this provision (SB3645) is signed into...