{
  "id": 7416320,
  "title": "Merchants call on judge to reject Visa-Mastercard interchange fee settlement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/merchants-call-on-judge-to-reject-visa-mastercard-interchange-fee",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-14T23:02:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Finextra",
    "slug": "finextra",
    "url": "https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48398/merchants-call-on-judge-to-reject-visa-mastercard-interchange-fee-settlement"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nearly 1000 US merchants have called on a federal judge to reject the proposed settlement of a lawsuit over Visa and Mastercard credit card swipe fees, saying the deal fails to provide adequate relief and is \"riddled with loopholes\".",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}