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The Fed Plants an Interchange IED – 80-90% Reductions Coming

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Today the Fed has issued their proposed interchange regulations.  They boil down to three key proposals:
1.  The Fed gutted interchange by setting prices at least 80% lower than today.  They proposed two choices for interchange prices, which amount to a giant win [...]

Will the Durbin Amendment lead to Chip + PIN in the US?

Amidst all the hype, politics and lobbying in the Durbin Amendment interchange fees debate, is a little-noticed component that could have a big impact on the state of payment technology in the US.  I believe the changes offered by the House and accepted by Durbin and the Senate could lead to regulations that force the US [...]

Canadian Debit Wars – The Globe and Mail Visa Opinion Piece

Check out this opinion piece from Visa:
Industry Opinion
New code for debit, credit cards leaves consumers out
Toronto Globe and Mail
I’m not sure what is more interesting, the overall subject, the article by Visa (and the fact they wrote one), or the comments. I was surprised by the number of comments on what seems [...]

  

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