In message , at 14:02:33 on Tue, 18 Oct
2016, tim... remarked:
I'm not sure if it has happened already or not but TfL want the fare
paid to be the same regardless of cash or card with no surcharge.
https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/pr...e-accepted-by-
london-taxis

That's not unreasonable, but CC charges are not 5%

so what's the beef here?

"To ensure customers and cabbies don't pay over the odds, TfL has
negotiated with the credit card industry to bring down the cost for
drivers of accepting card payments. This will reduce transaction fees
paid by cabbies from up to 10% to three per cent or less of the
transaction."

I don't know who cabbies are paying 10% to, but 3% would be typical for
a small self-employed business. Plus you having to spend a few hundred
on the terminal.
--
Roland Perry