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VISA TO IMPLIMENT PREVIOUSLY POSTPONED INTERCHANGE UPDATES - APRIL 2021

 Visa has announced they will implement previously postponed interchange rates in April 2021. 

You can read the announcement here at:

U.S. Credit Interchange Update REGIONS: US 12 November 2020

https://usa.visa.com/support/merchant/library/visa-merchant-business-news-digest.html




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