Merchants Assail Card Fees Pact

Merchants assail card fees pact

Retailers, restaurants and others oppose a proposed court settlement with Visa and Mastercard over swipe fees as insufficient and favorable to the networks.

Visa Stock After Hours (Dec. 15, 2025): V Holds Near $347 as Stablecoin Push Collides With Swipe-Fee Legal Fight — What to Watch Before Tuesday’s Open

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) finished Monday’s session slightly lower, then traded essentially flat after the closing bell—ending a day where investors had to weigh two very different storylines: Visa’s fresh stablecoin initiative and a renewed legal overhang tied to U.S. “swipe fee” litigation. Reuters+3StockAnalysis+3MarketScreener+3 The broader market backdrop was cautious. Major U.S. indexes drifted down as traders positioned ahead of a key jobs repo…

Walmart, merchant groups reject revised swipe fee deal

The settlement Visa and MasterCard reached in the Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount antitrust litigation preserves their “all-or-nothing” mandate on merchants, Walmart and several trade groups have argued in opposition to the deal.  

Merchant Groups Voice Their Objections to the Latest Visa-Mastercard Swipe Fee Settlement Offer

Merchant groups late Friday filed written complaints regarding the latest settlement offer in their two-decades old lawsuit against Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. challenging card swipe fees. The settlement offer, which follows a rejected offer in 2024, was made in November. Merchant groups filing complaints were The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) and Circle K Stores Inc. Attorneys representing the National Retail Federation fi…