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This really has very little to do with consumers and everything to do with a tug of war between processors, banks and businesses. I'm skeptical that any potential savings to businesses is going to be passed on to consumers.
From a personal perspective, I'll miss rewards cards if they go away. I make all my purchases with plastic and pay off the balances in full every month. In 2022, I received $711 in cash back.
This really has very little to do with consumers and everything to do with a tug of war between processors, banks and businesses.
Sounds right. It's not like there is some lobby of consumers out there writing legislation like this. And the last ones to ever write legislation are legislators.
I can't think of even ONE instance where a change to policies, legislation, manufacturing, shipping, or anything else that resulted in lower costs has ever been passed on to consumers outside of co-ops like Costco and REI.
The biggest concern for me is eg, that "zero foreign transaction fees" is considered a perk. I can live without cash back probably, but losing the forex perks would be a nightmare, and would cost me easily a thousand dollars per year.
and would cost me easily a thousand dollars per year
That's probably the goal.