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Want to Have Customers Cover Payment Processing Fees? What You Need to Know About Credit Card Surcharging

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Credit card surcharging is on the rise. Imposing a surcharge in a compliant manner is more than adding a fee at the point of sale. Below we review on a high level the legal and commercial considerations for merchants before...more

Venable LLP

Maximizing the Benefits (and Minimizing the Risks) of Payment Orchestration

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The payments industry continues to evolve in response to the demand for flexible, fast, and secure payment options. Innovations have included payment facilitation, push-to-card services, and real time payments, among others....more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Fiserv’s Georgia MALPB Charter: Implications for the Payments Industry

Fiserv’s journey to obtain a Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank (“MALPB”) charter in Georgia stands out for its speed and efficiency. After submitting its application in January 2024, Fiserv received its charter on...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Swipe Fee Showdown: Illinois Passes Novel Payments Law

Illinois has become the first state to enact restrictions on credit and debit card interchange fees – commonly known as swipe fees – linked to taxes and gratuities. The Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (the “Act”), embedded as...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

BlueSnap: The FTC Remains Aggressive and Sheds New Light on Disfavored Merchant Verticals, Acquirer Practices

On May 1, 2024, the FTC filed suit against BlueSnap, an international payment facilitator, along with two of its executives, simultaneously submitting a stipulated order containing both monetary and non-monetary relief. The...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Applications for Georgia Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank Charter: A Positive Sign for Fintech and Nonbank Direct Access to...

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On January 12, Fiserv announced that it filed an application with the state of Georgia for a merchant acquirer limited purpose bank (MALPB) charter. This application is a seismic development and positive sign for those in the...more

BakerHostetler

Not Every Payment Processing Case Is the Same - the Latest FTC Case Provides Some Helpful Reminders

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Most of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) law enforcement actions involving payment processors have exclusively focused on allegations that processors did not do sufficient due diligence before onboarding questionable...more

Alston & Bird

Update Regarding the BrightSpeed Payment Processor Case

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On January 18, after approximately fourteen months of settlement negotiations, the CFPB announced that it secured a settlement agreement with BrightSpeed Solutions, Inc., a third-party payment processor that had ceased...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FTC permanently bans payment processor for violating 2009 order requiring monitoring of merchant clients

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A payment processor and its individual owner have entered into a settlement with the FTC to settle charges that they violated a 2009 federal district court order that required them to review and monitor their merchant clients...more

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