Fiserv, service station operators including BP warn US stores on illegal vapes 

By Emma Rumney

Fri, July 3, 2026 astatine 10:57 AM CDT 2 min read

By Emma Rumney

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Payments level Fiserv and work presumption operators including BP person warned their U.S. partners and store owners not to woody ‌in amerciable vapes oregon hazard dense fines arsenic a consequence, notices seen by Reuters ‌show.

A conjugation of authorities and metropolis instrumentality enforcement officials successful the U.S. is pressuring shippers, e-commerce platforms and outgo ​networks successful a bid to clamp down connected a booming marketplace successful amerciable vapes worthy $9 cardinal oregon much successful yearly income according to immoderate estimates.

Backed by attorneys wide from states including California, Illinois and Arizona arsenic good arsenic authorities from the metropolis of New York, the District of ‌Columbia and Puerto Rico, the ⁠crackdown has successful caller weeks helped unafraid a prohibition connected vapes by Shopify. Mastercard has besides warned its partners that it would analyse if ⁠they enabled amerciable vape transactions connected its network.

Now, the documents seen by Reuters show, this stricter attack to amerciable vape income is gathering pace.

"BP has learned that MasterCard has begun issuing... compliance usurpation ​notices to ​merchants passim the manufacture for processing income transactions ​for amerciable physics nicotine transportation strategy ‌products," BP wrote successful an undated announcement to its state presumption operators.

The announcement seen by Reuters said that selling amerciable vapes was besides a usurpation of a store's statement with BP.

Gas presumption operators Marathon Petroleum and Valero issued akin notices informing that Mastercard oregon akin firms could contented mid-six-figure fines for a azygous usurpation oregon revoke their paper processing services. Valero's announcement ‌was dated June 17.

CardConnect, a outgo exertion supplier and ​subsidiary of Fiserv, issued a announcement to its partners ​stating that vape income indispensable comply with ​all applicable laws oregon hazard "corrective action".

The announcement said that CardConnect would nonstop ‌out a connection informing each merchants utilizing ​its services not to ​sell vapes lacking authorisation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The FDA has granted lone 45 vaping products authorisation to marketplace legally, but unauthorised brands are sold illegally ​nationwide some online and face-to-face ‌in locations including convenience stores and bodegas.

Fiserv, BP, Marathon and Valero did not ​immediately respond to requests for comment. Friday was a nationalist vacation successful the United ​States.

(Reporting by Emma Rumney; Editing by Joe Bavier)