Credit card swipe charges, also known as interchange fees, are one such fee, which is charged every time a transaction is made through a credit card. The card network determines this fee.

Swipe payments are supported by the card’s black magnetic stripe (magstripe), which consists of modified iron-based magnetic particles that transmit data to a point-of-sale (PoS) terminal.

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