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by mritchie712 513 days ago
why is this surprising? If they didn't pass the cost of fraud along, they'd all go out of business.

The interchange rate on credit cards is high, but "diabolical" is a stretch.

Also, fraud is a very small line item in a credit card P&L. Generally 25bps to 50bps vs credit charge offs which are closer to 3% to 6%.

Source: Ran risk for Bank of America and a credit card fintech.