Colorado Approves Limited Surcharges on Credit Card Payments.

Surcharging credit card transactions is an increasingly common way for firms to cover the cost of processing credit card transactions. However, there is no uniform federal regulatory regime that addresses credit card surcharging. Rather, credit card surcharging is governed by a patchwork of federal and state laws that govern whether and how firms can impose credit card surcharges. To add further complexity to this issue, recent court decisions have called into question the legality of certain state restrictions on credit card surcharge regimes.

On July 7th, 2021, Colorado formally legalized surcharging credit cards but added a twist. Instead of following suit with the card associations and 46 states that already legally allow for a maximum surcharge of 3%, Colorado merchants will be effectively capped at 2%.

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