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3pmtoday at 6:49 PM3 repliesview on HN

> The issuing bank keeps 2%

Is this why the best cash back credit cards give 2%?


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nonethewisertoday at 7:12 PM

In the US. Not in Europe because interchange fees for consumer cards are capped at 0.3%

dmoytoday at 6:52 PM

US Bank for a brief period opened up a 4% card, but then closed it so quick that obviously the numbers didn't work out there.

2% seems to be a local maximum of cashback cards. There's a lot of 2% cards, and only a handful above that.

Makes sense?

pverheggentoday at 7:04 PM

2% is just an example figure, the actual rate varies