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Merchants pay 3%. Cardholders borrow from banks, not card payment networks. Rich people can donate to poor people regardless of the credit card situation.
by lupire 3y ago
Merchants pay 3%.
Cardholders borrow from banks, not card payment networks.
Rich people can donate to poor people regardless of the credit card situation.
- dheera 3y agoThe cost of running the credit card company plus rewards is a lot more than that 3%. Money is fungible. So your rewards comes 85% from interest payments in the case of Capital One or 71% in the case of Chase. https://www.valuepenguin.com/how-do-credit-card-companies-make-money https://www.valuepenguin.com/how-do-credit-card-companies-ma... > Rich people can donate to poor people regardless of the credit card situation. While this is true my idea was more of a wide scale protest or behavioral art to make people aware of how bad the credit card system is for the poor. I know it isn't going to solve poverty but it might raise awareness about something not everyone knows about.