Time Again for Increases in Interchange Costs

April Interchange Increases

It happens at least twice each year: the credit card processing companies all send out notices regarding unavoidable pricing increases for their merchants. Like clockwork, April brings the news, usually overlooked by merchants who are used to glancing past the fine print on their monthly statements (if they read them at all). In case you missed it, here is a brief rundown of some current increases in interchange cost associated with the major credit card brands.

Not surprisingly, processing companies use this excuse to cry poor, and in addition to merely passing the additional costs on to merchants, they will mostly tack on across the board increases to compensate for the new expenses while also generating more income.