Debit Card Processing & Fees: A 2025 Business Guide - NerdWallet

MOTEL OWNERS: Are credit card processing fees eating $1,000 from your profits every month? Listen, I know exactly how frustrating it is. Every swipe, every booking, every transaction... the fees just keep piling up. $15,000 a year. Gone. Most motel owners we talk to feel trapped. They think high processing fees are just "the cost of doing business." But here's what they don't tell you: There's a simple, 100% legal solution that gas stations and restaurants have been using for years. And it works