A coalition of retailers, supermarkets, restaurants, drug stores, convenience stores, gas stations, online merchants, hotels, and other businesses that advocates for reform of the U.S. payments system, especially to reduce credit and debit card processing fees and make the market more transparent and competitive.
Payments policy, credit and debit card swipe fee reform, competition in card networks, transparency in merchant payment processing, and antitrust-related reforms affecting payment systems.
Primarily funded by member businesses and trade associations that support merchant payment reform.
Includes or is closely associated with retailers and trade groups such as the National Association of Convenience Stores, the National Retail Federation, the Food Industry Association, and other merchant and trade association members; Doug Kantor is a prominent spokesperson/executive committee member.
Non-profit trade coalition