There are many costs associated with accepting credit and debit cards as payment.  The largest cost is interchange, and it can represent 70 to 95 percent of the total cost of processing credit and debit cards.  Interchange cannot be negotiated but it can be managed. ...

Determining the true costs of credit card processing can be difficult. Merchant statements can be confusing and there are so many technical and industry-laden terms thrown around that it becomes challenging for companies to understand how much card acceptance is...