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Fed Report Shows Durbin ‘Exempt’ Issuers Saw Debit Interchange Decline
Smaller debit card issuers—those covered by the Durbin amendment’s routing provision but not its interchange fee cap—continued to see a decline in debit interchange revenue, according to the Federal Reserve’s biennial survey of debit card issuers’ economics released today.
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Fed Researchers: Durbin Amendment Led to Loss of Free Checking
Confirming long-observed anecdotal evidence, a recent paper from two Federal Reserve researchers found that after the Durbin Amendment took effect, affected banks were 35.2 percent less likely to offer a “free checking” product than they were before Durbin.
House Leaders Expected to Pull Durbin Repeal from Choice Act
House Republican leadership is expected to remove a provision repealing the Durbin Amendment from House Financial Services Committtee Chairman Jeb Hensarling’s Financial Choice Act before it receives a vote on the House floor, according to news reports last night.
Financial Choice Act Clears House Committee
The House Financial Services Committee today voted to advance the Financial Choice Act, Chairman Jeb Hensarling’s (R-Texas) sweeping, 600-page bill aimed at reforming parts of the Dodd-Frank Act’s extensive supervisory regime and providing regulatory relief for banks.
Joint Trades Op-Ed: Durbin Harms Community Banks, Small Business
In a joint op-ed published in Morning Consult today, the heads of several major financial trade associations, including ABA, called for the repeal of the Durbin amendment, which imposed government price controls on debit card interchange.
ABA Commends Congressional Effort to Reform Dodd-Frank
As the House Financial Services Committee prepares to begin the markup of the Financial Choice Act tomorrow, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols wrote to committee leadership commending them for their efforts to address the negative consequences of the Dodd-Frank Act.
House Committee Holds Hearing on Choice Act
The House Financial Services Committee today held a hearing on the Financial Choice Act, Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling’s (R-Texas) sweeping, 600-page bill aimed at reforming parts of the Dodd-Frank Act’s extensive supervisory regime and providing regulatory relief for banks.
Nichols: Durbin Amendment Costs Consumers ‘Tens of Billions’ in Losses
As representatives from the retail industry hit Capitol Hill this week to lobby members of Congress, American Bankers Association President and CEO Rob Nichols called on lawmakers to repeal the Durbin Amendment, which imposed government price controls on debit card interchange.