Re: Visa, Mastercard Agree to Lower Swipe Fees in Settlement

On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 09:01:00 -0500, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

merchant fees

 "Those who swallow down usury cannot arise except as
  one whom Shaitan has prostrated by (his) touch does
  rise. That is because they say, trading is only like
  usury; and Allah has allowed trading and forbidden
  usury. To whomsoever then the admonition has come
  from his Lord, then he desists, he shall have what
  has already passed, and his affair is in the hands
  of Allah; and whoever returns (to it) -- these arc
  the inmates of the fire; they shall abide in it."
  --Surah Baqarah 2.275 Qur'an (trans. M. H. Shakir)