interchange fees
Definition
Fees charged to merchant banks by credit card issuing banks to cover the cost of converting credit charges to cash deposits in the merchant's account. Fees range from 1 percent to 2 percent and they cover the issuing banks expenses for billing services and credit fraud, and are a primary source of their profits.
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