Posts tagged "surcharges"

There is no 'admin fee', 'convenience fee', 'transaction fee' or any other name you want to give it, that isn’t a customer annoyance felony.

The Morrison government will consider whether to outlaw unfair contracts for small businesses next year, over a year after its initial announcement.

Europcar has become the latest business to find itself in hot water over credit card surcharges. So, are the charges even worth it?

In a busy week for government, unfair insurance contracts are on the agenda, alongside measures to restrict cash payments.

The government will not hold a consultation on whether to outlaw unfair contracts until "late-2019", as renewed calls surface to get on with it.

Labor will make unfair contract terms illegal if it wins the next election — its latest move to strengthen its small-business platform.

Legislators in the US are considering whether to ban cashless businesses, while closer to home, Aussies are transitioning to a cashless economy.

An ACCC blitz has prompted Visy, Cleanaway and Suez to change their contract terms, over concern several clauses may have been unfair.

RBA governor Phillip Lowe says Australia has reached a turning point on digital payments, but there are some very big issues that need to be dealt with.

Lloyds Auctioneers has been issued with infringement notices after overcharging some consumers by hundreds of dollars, the ACCC has alleged.

In other countries, digital wallets allow people to accomplish nearly all of their daily transactions with a single card.

Hundreds of small businesses across the country are ditching surcharges and card minimums in favour of a better customer experience.