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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
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
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
Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide when a right of action first accrues for an Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenge to a final rule issued by a federal agency—when the final rule is issued or when...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted the petition for certiorari in Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), a case where Corner Post challenges a 2011 Board rule that governs certain fees...more
Nearly a decade after promulgation of Regulation II — better known as the Durbin Amendment — the Federal Reserve Board proposed changes to modernize the regulation by clarifying that the exclusivity prohibition applies to...more
On May 26, the House of Representatives Committee on Rules announced that House members have until June 2 to propose amendments to the Financial Choice Act bill. The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Jeb...more
Why it matters - With the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board’s interchange rules will stand. The justices declined to hear an appeal from retailers without...more
On March 21, 2014, in NACS, et. al. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of the Federal Reserve’s interpretation of the Durbin...more
On July 31, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (“District Court”) issued a sharply worded Memorandum Opinion in the merchant litigation with the Federal Reserve Board (“Board”) regarding the Board’s...more
The interchange fee and the potential of mobile payments were the dominant payment system issues in 2012. From a landmark antitrust settlement to seemingly daily announcements of a new prepaid or mobile payment product, there...more