Why tapping your card is leaving you with surcharge?

Credit card usage

Card usage during purchase Source: AAP

If you feel like you're being increasingly slugged with surcharges when you make purchases using your debit or credit card, you're not imagining it. Recent data shows growing numbers of businesses across Australia are charging customers an additional fee when they pay by card, as they deal with rising costs. Our producer Selvi explains more about this in this feature.


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