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The Price of Convenience: Is There Such a Thing as Free Credit Card Processing?

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This is typically achieved through a surcharging model, where a small fee is added to the customer’s total when they pay by credit card. This way, the business can recover the fees that would otherwise chip away at their margins. Merchants pay only the low cost of debit card acceptance.

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How EMV has grown beyond the chip on a card

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The role of EMVCo — which is often seen as an extension of the card brands that deals only with chip-based EMV plastic cards— has come into sharper focus.

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