After two years of leniency from lawmakers and credit card providers, the cost of using a credit card is about to get pricier. Increases to credit card merchant fees and rate hikes from the Federal Reserve will result in bigger card interest rates through 2022 as well as a potential increase to specific goods purchased with credit cards. Here’s what we know. Q4 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Providers Lenient Through The PandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic heavily disrupted consumer spending and businesses over 2020 and 2021. The economic burdens placed on consumers led card providers…