Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California

Re: credit card convenience fee

There is no law that prevents it that I am aware of, however, the business has an agreement with their Mastercard, Visa, etc... merchant account provider which in most cases provides that they cannot charge a "convenience fee" for use of a credit card. Threaten to contact MC and Visa if they won't waive it. They won't want to lose their merchant account.

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