No surcharging: what’s the real cost to merchants

Brad Kelly
Payments Expert
8 Jul, 2026
With just 87 days to run until “no surcharge” rules are applied by the schemes one payments enthusiast is trying to do what the industry and regulators has failed to provide merchant customers – some clue as to the impacts on their businesses.
No surcharging: what’s the real cost to merchants

With just 87 days to run until “no surcharge” rules are applied by the schemes one payments enthusiast is trying to do what the industry and regulators has failed to provide merchant customers – some clue as to the impacts on their businesses.

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