Dmytro Zinkevych/Shutterstock September 3, 2024 Surcharges are added to most purchases, but what are the rules behind these extra fees? Steve Worthington, Swinburne University of Technology The UK Treasury called them “rip-off fees” and banned them in 2018. So how did Australians end up paying for much for card surcharges?
Visa and Mastercard both recently agreed to remove their no-surcharge rule, leaving businesses free to pass these fees along to customers. (Shutterstock) November 15, 2022 How Canada’s new credit card surcharge will affect consumers and businesses Laurence Ashworth, Queen's University, Ontario Businesses can now pass credit card surcharge fees along to their customers. To help businesses predict how consumers will react to credit card surcharges, behavioural economics offers some answers.
A flat-rate fee on student loans isn’t a radical idea. from www.shutterstock.com December 9, 2016 The case for a fixed 15% fee on all student loans Bruce Chapman, Australian National University A flat-rate fee on all student loans is a fairer economic proposal.