Merchant Processing Fees in the United States Exceeded $187 Billion in 2024
'For every $100 in card payments merchants accepted in 2024, they paid $1.57 in fees to the companies that issue cards and process transactions,' said David Robertson, Publisher of the Nilson Report. 'Over the last 10 years, the weighted average has fluctuated between 1.45% and 1.57%.'
Purchase volume on credit cards alone reached $6.464 trillion last year on cards carrying the American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa brands plus store, gasoline, medical and other types of private label credit cards. That number was up 5.1% over 2023. Merchants paid $148.52 billion in processing fees to accept those credit cards, up 9.3% from 2023.
US debit and prepaid cards accounted for $5.439 trillion in purchase volume in 2024, up 6.7%. To accept payments using debit and prepaid cards, merchants paid $38.68 billion, also an increase of 6.7%.
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