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Message: CONSUMERS COULD PAY 20 PERCENT MORE TO VISA Hidden Interchange Fees Now Total More Than $36 Billion Washington, D.C. – April 18, 2007 – Increases in credit card interchange rates announced by Visa last week average only 0.6 percent, but the $36 billion in total interchange fees consumers paid in 2006 will probably increase close to 20 percent this year, the Merchants Payments Coalition said today. “The average increase in interchange rates doesn’t tell the full story because it doesn’t reflect credit card companies’ efforts to move consumers to premium cards, the growing use of plastic, or the automatic raises… Go to http://www.unfaircreditcardfees.com