Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Understanding the Federal Reserve Board Proposal to Lower Interchange Fee Cap for Debit Card Transactions
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Our special guest is Zarik Khan, Founder of Finsolute Advisors. In October 2023, the Federal Reserve Board issued a proposal to lower the maximum interchange fee that a large debit card issuer can receive for a debit card...more
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A proposed rule would lower the maximum amount that large debit card issuers can charge merchants for each transaction. On October 25, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) published a proposal...more
As we mentioned last week, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) announced proposed changes to Regulation II (Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing), which is the implementing regulation of the Durbin Amendment to the...more
As we previously blogged, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the “Board”) held an open meeting on October 25, 2023 to discuss the debit card interchange fee cap. The debit card interchange fee cap was part of the...more
The Federal Reserve Board has proposed a new rule for public comment that would significantly lower the cap on interchange fees that debit card issuing banks (issuers) may charge a merchant’s bank (an acquiring bank) for...more
The Federal Reserve Board announced proposed changes to Regulation II (Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing), which is the implementing regulation of the Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act....more
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (FRB) is holding an open meeting on October 25, 2023 to discuss proposed revisions to the Board’s debit interchange fee cap contained in Regulation II, which implemented the...more
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