{
  "id": 3537526,
  "title": "The post-penny economy: How cash rounding and credit card surcharges are changing what you pay",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/the-post-penny-economy-how-cash-rounding-and-credit-card-surcharges",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-26T15:18:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC",
    "slug": "cnbc",
    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/26/cash-rounding-credit-card-surcharges-penny-production-ends.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More merchants are rounding change for cash purchases to the nearest nickel due to the end of penny production, or adding surcharges to credit card transactions.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}