Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Here's why the surcharge ban will fix nothing

The news of the day, politically, is that surcharges are gone, as the Government's just banned them.

You know what I'm talking about here, right? They're the little extra amount that you get pinged when you turn up at the dairy and you use your credit card, or you use your paywave - it's gone from May next year.

Chris Lynch: Government to ban card payment surcharges

The Government has announced it will ban retail surcharges, which are costing New Zealanders up to $150 million a year.

However, it will still cost merchants, who will need to absorb the cost or pass it onto customers by hiking prices.