Law to stop charges on credit card purchases

Parliament wants to end retailers charging customers a surcharge for paying with plastic money by taking advantage of loopholes in the existing legislation. Under a 2021 law, all businesses offering services are legally obligated to accept credit card payments, from kiosks to lawyers. However, smaller businesses, citing increased operating costs and the fact that they deal in small purchases, have been adding a surcharge for the use of plastic money, evoking an article in the legislation. Some small businesses have been charging clients wanting...