Question follow-through · 61780

Bank Cards: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with (a) the Payment Systems Regulator and (b) representatives of the payments industry on merchant interchange fees.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
25 Jun 2025
Answer
27 Jun 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with (a) the Payment Systems Regulator and (b) representatives of the payments industry on merchant interchange fees.

  2. 25 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The government is committed to ensuring a world-leading payments ecosystem that meets the needs of all businesses and consumers, as reflected in the National Payments Vision. This includes support for regulation of interchange fees. Government ministers a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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