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“Consumers and businesses are wrapping their heads around the Reserve Bank’s ban on card payment surcharges today and figuring out how it works.”

“Some Australians will likely still encounter card payment surcharges at the checkout despite a ban on the practice coming into effect on Thursday as business lobby groups warn that many smaller shops, especially those run by migrants, are still in the dark on…”

“The tax office surprised small business owners earlier this month as the Reserve Bank of Australia’s ban on credit card surcharges came into effect.”

“…(ATO) convened a meeting with business lobby groups on Wednesday after an outcry over its move to scrap credit cards as a payment method from the end of November – a change it announced on October 1 as a national ban on credit card surcharges came into…”

“…et speculation about tensions at the heart of the government on Tuesday when he suggested at the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s annual dinner that he had personally intervened to reverse an Australian Taxation Office ban on credit card…”

“Three days after Treasurer Jim Chalmers stepped in to delay the Tax Office’s ban on credit card payments, the blowback from the Reserve Bank’s decision to end credit card surcharges continued to dominate parliament.”

“Faced with the consequence of an earlier announcement by the Reserve Bank – banning credit card surcharges – the government listened to concerns and fixed the problem.”

“Small business owners across Sydney are reintroducing minimum amounts for card payments and putting up signs urging customers to pay cash as they face losing thousands of dollars each year due to the ban on card surcharges.”

“Credit and debit card surcharges were a vexed issue when banking and financial services were the target of a royal commission nine years ago.”

“This week (“‘Double standard’: Business groups urge ATO to reverse its credit card ban,””

“It was the Reserve Bank that announced back in March that it would ban credit and debit card surcharges from October this year.”

“…eine aficionados recently released from the bonds of credit card machine surcharge enslavement, the sudden emergence of the El Ninoccino is the latest blow to a coffee scene which, much like the solar system, keeps expanding at the edges for reasons no one…”

“Peter Snowden, Orange Surcharge repercussions In all the coverage of card surcharges (Letters, October 6), one aspect has not been canvassed – the increasing need for cash and the decreasing number of ATMs.”

“The fee changes were announced six months ago but it’s only now that Macquarie Bank and the ATO have told anyone that they’ll no longer accept credit cards, forcing renters, strata levy payers and all those with shortly upcoming tax bills to find alternatives.”

“… blueprint for the rest of the country. - Tenants who rely on credit cards to pay their rent could soon be forced into arrears, advocates warn, after a major rental payment platform blocked the method of payment in response to a new ban on card surcharge…”

“Tenants who rely on credit cards to pay their rent could soon be forced into arrears, advocates warn, after a major rental payment platform blocked the method of payment in response to a new ban on card surcharge fees.”

“Isabelle Henry, Ascot Vale (Vic) Great surcharge rip-off Something I have never understood was how banks were allowed to charge a percentage on card payments (Letters, October 3).”

“The card surcharge ban should do the trick – assuming the already struggling small businesses don’t immediately pass on the cost.”

“The Reserve Bank’s upcoming caps on credit card “interchange rates” are squeezing bank margins – which means less money available to fund credit card rewards and other prized cardholder perks.”