Electronic Payments Coalition

Fact Check: Merchants, Retailers Hit Record Sales Thanks to Card Usage

Or… Lies, Dang Lies, & MPC’s Misleading Statistics

The Merchants Payments Coalition is at it again… Instead of telling the whole truth, they are leaning on cherry-picked statistics to push a misleading narrative about credit and debit cards. An honest look at the data, however, tells a very different story.  Here are the facts:  

Updated last: 
March 20, 2026

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