Claim: Welfare recipients on cashless debit cards pay a transaction fee with every purchase.
Fact-check: No, cashless debit card users don't get slugged with fees each purchase
Verdict: mostly false. the cards use the visa debit system for which transaction fees apply, but only a small proportion of these are typically passed on to users.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: Ben James
Date published: 2022-04-29T00:00:00