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astura • yesterday at 4:47 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

Legislation to cap fees.

The European Union caps consumer card interchange fees at 0.2% for debit cards and 0.3% for credit cards

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/fees-for-...


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jerlam • yesterday at 5:16 PM

And the US already capped debit card fees back in 2010:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durbin_amendment

This is explicitly about credit card fees.

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criddell • yesterday at 4:54 PM

Can the courts cap fees? I thought that would have to be something congress does.

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