Consumer NZ urging govt to ban card surcharges
A consumer advocacy group is urging the government to stay the course and ban card surcharges. Surcharges on credit card and contactless payments are estimated to cost New Zealand shoppers up to 65 million dollars a year. The government had pledged to scrap them, but the proposed law is stalled. Consumer NZ's campaign manager Jessica Walker spoke to Lisa Owen.
Checkpoint · RNZ
February 20, 20265m 7s
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A consumer advocacy group is urging the government to stay the course and ban card surcharges. Surcharges on credit card and contactless payments are estimated to cost New Zealand shoppers up to 65 million dollars a year. The government had pledged to scrap them, but the proposed law is stalled. Consumer NZ's campaign manager Jessica Walker spoke to Lisa Owen.
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