Watchdog Examines How Payment Costs Reach Shoppers
A ban on separate fees may affect price signals.
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In this lesson: Connect merchant costs with the authority’s concern about visible prices.
Grammar in this story: An actor’s concern
worries that
Worries that introduces the authority’s concern; it does not announce a final decision.
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Explain the connection between the shops’ costs and the concern.
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Shops pay fees for processing payments, but the authority worries customers cannot see the differences between those costs. It says the ban on extra customer fees could weaken competition.
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