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$187,200,000,000
$187,200,000,000 -- card processing fees for US merchants (2024)
US merchants paid a record $187.2 billion in card processing fees in 2024.
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$187,200,000,000
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2024
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US
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B
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60
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30
Methodology
35
Freshness
95
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Merchants Payments Coalition
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https://founden.ai/articles/best-payment-platforms-for-your-business-june-2026 ↗
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Best Payment Platforms for Business (June 2026) | Articles | Founden
The founder's full review of payment processors, merchants of record, and the agentic commerce shift, verified September 2026
US merchants paid a record $187.2 billion in card processing fees in 2024, up roughly 70% since the pandemic, which works out to about $1,200 a year passed on to the average …
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Merchants Payments Coalition
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Industry coalition estimate cited via Merchants Payments Coalition
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IndustryRetail
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US merchants: $187,200,000,000 card processing fees. Source: Merchants Payments Coalition (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-card-processing-fees-2024
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-card-processing-fees-2024" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>$187,200,000,000</strong> -- card processing fees for US merchants<br><small>Source: Merchants Payments Coalition (2024) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-card-processing-fees-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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