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throwaway473825today at 2:18 AM1 replyview on HN

No, those are caps on the interchange fees paid to the issuing bank. Card transactions have other fees as well.


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zipy124today at 12:02 PM

That is true yes. The interchange fees tend to be the largest component though. The ECB reports that the average transaction cost of debit is 0.44% [1]

[1]: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/timeline/profuse...