New 2024 Credit & Debit Card Swipe Fee Totals Higher Than Previous Estimates

Data suggests that fees charged by banks and card networks were more than 25% higher than other estimates.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — New data shows that swipe fees charged by big banks and card networks to process credit and debit card transactions in 2024 were higher than previously reported, according to the Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC).

The new "State of the Industry Report" by payments consulting firm CMSPI found that swipe fees totaled more than $236 billion last year, more than 25% higher than other estimates.



"These numbers show just how broken the payments market really is and that swipe fees are an even larger burden on small businesses and consumers than we knew previously," MPC Executive Committee member and FMI — the Food Industry Association Chief Public Policy Officer Jennifer Hatcher said. "With Visa and Mastercard setting prices where all banks charge the same swipe fees, the impact of swipe fees keeps going up.

Events Part of Child Passenger Safety Week

Free Car Seat Fittings Offered at Locations Statewide

Car Seat Checks Help to Ensure a Correct Fit and Proper Installation

The following are the events by region scheduled on National Seat Check Saturday, September 27, 2025:

CAPITAL REGION 


When: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Where: Walmart Supercenter, 460 Fairview Avenue, Greenport.  

When: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

Where: Crossgates Mall Overflow Lot (near JCPenney) 1 Crossgates Mall Road, Guilderland

CENTRAL NEW YORK 


When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Where: Christian Assembly of God, 175 Port Watson Street, Cortland

FINGER LAKES 


When: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Where: Gates Fire District, 2355 Chili Avenue, Rochester

When: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Where: Caledonia Fire Department, 3095 Main Street, Caledonia

When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Where: Newark Fire Department, 150 East Miller Street, Newark

When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Where: Orleans County Public Safety Building,13925 State Route 31, Albion

When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Where: Dresden FD Touch-a-Truck Event, 89 Main Street, Dresden

When: 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Where: Delta Sonic Car Wash,1840 Empire Blvd, Webster

HUDSON VALLEY

When: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Where: White Plains City Hall, 255 Main Street, White Plains

When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Where: Harbor Island Park,1 Harbor Island Park, Mamaroneck

When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Where: Orangeburg Fire Department, 61 Dutch Hill Road, Orangeburg

When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Where: Minisink Hook & Ladder, 99 N Church Street, Goshen

When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Where: Pike Street Port Jervis, Pike Street (near intersection King Street), Port Jervis

When: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. 

Where: Powerhouse Park, 57 Powerhouse Lane, Tuxedo

LONG ISLAND

When: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Where: Brookhaven Safety Town, 249 Buckley Road, Holtsville

When: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Where: Walt Whitman Shops, 160 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station

MOHAWK VALLEY

When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Where: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, 200 Clark Drive, Fultonville

SOUTHERN TIER 


When: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Where: Visions Federal Credit Union, 5411 State Highway 12, Norwich 

When: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Where: Endicott Fire Department, 224 Madison Avenue, Endicott

WESTERN NEW YORK

When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Where: North Bailey Fire Company, 966 Sweet Home Road, Amherst

When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Where: Championship Martial Arts 716, 3173 Eggert Road, Tonawanda

When: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

Where: Sisters Hospital St. Joseph's Campus, 2605 Harlem Road, Cheektowaga 



Parents and caregivers can visit the GTSC website to find free Child Passenger Safety Week car seat check events in their region, or they can make an appointment at a year-round regional car seat fitting site. 


Learn more about GTSC, and follow the GTSC conversation on Facebook, X and Instagram. 

Have you visited the website and reviewed your benefits?

Stop on by and check them out.

It's annual renewal time. Invoices will be emailed to the email address on your account and are due by November 1st, 2025. 

If you have any questions or would like to pay by phone, please contact our Syracuse office at 315-455-1301.

Testers Must Score 70% or Better to Pass: Effective 10/01/2025


All trainees must score 70% or better on all trainings and certifications. This change is being made to ensure those who represent your business can do so competently and accurately. The previous score of 55% or better no longer aligns with ensuring trainees can meet industry standards.

If your trainee does not pass the exam, they may retake the exam up to a total of three times before you are charged for a re-test.

A Fond Farewell: 

Dear Members, 

As of August 29th, 2025, the long-time and beloved Albany Staff is no longer a part of NYSASSRS. When we moved operations to Syracuse, the positions they held were no longer locally available. Having deep roots in the Albany region and enjoying coming into the office, not the computer work itself, they have moved on to other projects and new chapters. 

Both Pat and Jim served us well; they were dedicated, knowledgeable, and above all, woven into the very fabric of the Automotive Industry in NY. Most New Yorkers will never know their names or how hard they fought for their rights, but we do, and we honor them with gratitude. 

We wish them both luck as they enjoy their retirements and find new adventures. 

If you happen to come across them in your daily lives, shake their hands and thank them for all that they have done. We are who we are, we are where we are, and we continue to grow because of them. 

Thank you to Pat and Jim, truly. 

-Amanda

August & September 2025 Bulletins: Final Editons