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Kaaren Morrissey

Card surcharge ban will take time to work through: bank

Retailers can no longer charge customers an additional fee for paying by card. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian businesses will need time to adjust to the new ban on card surcharges as the major banks prepare for a potential merchant fees war.

The change, driven by the central bank to give consumers transparency at the till, only came into effect on Thursday.

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