- Credit card companies keep upping swipe fees, and retailers keep passing the cost onto customers.
- The Federal Reserve found those charges are accounting for a sizable portion of consumer spending.
- ABC Action News Consumer Reporter Susan El Khoury looks at what Congress is doing to try and resolve it.
"To keep hitting stone walls trying to resolve the matter—that’s not consumer friendly"
A retired law enforcement officer thought he took all the right steps when someone stole his identity and opened a new phone line, but he was still left with the bill.
Identity theft leaves Florida man with unexpected phone bill, then Verizon denied his fraud claim
