Credit card interchange fees are an enormous – and growing – cost for merchants and consumers. The average American household pays hundreds of dollars a year in interchange fees, which are part of the cost of virtually every transaction they make. Why? Because interchange fees are hidden in the cost of nearly everything consumers buy. Nearly $2 of every $100 consumers spend using credit cards goes directly to Visa and MasterCard.
The Merchants Payments Coalition is fighting for a more competitive and transparent credit card fee system that better serves American consumers and merchants alike.
Mission Statement
The Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC) - UnfairCreditCardFees.com - is a group of retailers, supermarkets, drug stores, convenience stores, fuel stations, on-line merchants and other businesses who are fighting against unfair credit card fees and fighting for a more competitive and transparent card system that works better for consumers and merchants alike. The coalition's member associations collectively represent about 2.7 million stores with approximately 50 million employees.
Coalition Members
National and International Organizations
National Association of Convenience Stores
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
Retail Industry Leaders Association
National Restaurant Association
Petroleum Marketers Association of America
National Council of Chain Restaurants
National Association of College Stores
National Association of Truck Stop Operators
International Association of Airport Duty Free Stores
National Association of Theatre Owners
Bowling Proprietors Association of America
National Association of Shell Marketers
Interactive Travel Services Association
Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America
International Franchise Association
National Franchisee Association
Coalition of Franchisee Associations
National Small Business Association
Professional Beauty Association
State Organizations
Petroleum & Convenience Marketers of Alabama
Arizona Food Marketing Alliance
California Grocers Association
California Retailers Association
California Independent Grocers Association
Colorado Licensed Beverage Association
Colorado Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores Association
Connecticut Retail Merchants Association
Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association
Delaware Food Industry Council
Georgia Food Industry Association
Georgia Oilman's Association, Inc.
Illinois Retail Merchants Association
Indiana Licensed Beverage Association
Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores of Iowa
Kansas Licensed Beverage Association
Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association of Kansas
Kentucky Grocers Association and Kentucky Association of Convenience Stores
Louisiana Retailers Association
Maryland Retailers Association
Retailers Association of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Licensed Beverage Association
Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association
Retail Association of Mississippi
Ozark Empire Grocers Association
Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association
Montana Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association
Nebraska Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association
Nevada Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Stores Association
New England Convenience Store Association
Independent Oil Marketers Association of New England
Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire
New Hampshire Grocers Association
New Jersey Gasoline-C-Store-Automotive Association
Empire State Petroleum Association
Empire State Restaurant & Tavern Association
The Food Industry Alliance of New York State
North Carolina Association of Convenience Stores
North Carolina Retail Merchants Association
North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association
North Dakota Retailers Association
East Central Ohio Food Dealers Association
Cleveland Food Dealers Association
Oklahoma Petroleum & Convenience Store Association
Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association/Pennsylvania Convenience Store Council
Pennsylvania Retailers Assocation
Rhode Island Food Dealers Association
South Carolina Retail Association
South Carolina Petroleum Marketers Association
South Dakota Association of Convenience Stores
South Dakota Retailers Association
South Dakota Petroleum & Propane Marketers Association
Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association
Tennessee Oil Marketers Association
Texas Grocery & Convenience Association
Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association
Utah Food Industry Association
Utah Retail Merchants Association
Utah Petroleum Marketers & Retailers Association
Virginia Petroleum, Convenience and Grocery Association
Washington Oil Marketers Association
West Virginia Oil Marketers & Grocers Association
West Virginia Motor Truck Association
Wisconsin Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association
Wyoming Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Stores Association
Wyoming Retail Merchants Association
Wyoming State Liquor Association
For General Information:
Merchants Payments Coalition, Inc.
325 7th Street N.W. Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20004
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