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:date: 2010-01-09 03:37:00
:author: bnewbold
:category: quote
:slug: 2010-01-09-the-national-retail-federation-figures-that-the
:status: published

The National Retail Federation figures that the so-called interchange
fees that their members pay to accept Visa and MasterCard alone cost an
average of $427 an American household in 2008. Add in other fees the
stores pay, plus costs for American Express and Discover, and that
number could approach $600.

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`New York Times <http://s.nyt.com/u/AKaj>`__

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