In 2024 alone, credit card companies across America earned $148.5 billion from these swipe fees, costing American families $1,200 annually out of their gross makings. National attention of the bill ...

Illinois legislators voted to delay for one year a ban on certain credit card fees that was set to take effect July 1 amid a legal challenge by banks. A measure passed by legislators and signed ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — An Illinois law banning swipe fees was set to take effect July 1. Yet, lawmakers decided to pass a bill in the final hours of session to delay implementation of the ...

Illinois lawmakers voted to delay the implementation of a bill that would end fees on every tip and tax swiped by a debit card or credit card in the state. Charting new territory the bill, HB 4951, or ...