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CEI Criticizes House for Capitulation on Durbin Amendment Price Controls - Electronic Payments Coalition

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CEI Criticizes House for Capitulation on Durbin Amendment Price Controls

May 26, 2017 | Competitive Enterprise Institute

CEI financial policy expert Iain Murray criticized the House for stripping out repeal of the Durbin amendment yesterday from the Financial CHOICE Act.

The House Republicans’ capitulation on Durbin repeal is a slap in the face for lower-income Americans. All the evidence suggests the cap on debit card interchange fees resulted in a windfall for retailers who failed to pass on savings to consumers. In fact, many of those consumers were hit by higher bank fees as banks sought to replace the lost income stream from processing debit card transactions. The result has been a net loss of around $25 billion a year for American consumers, most of it born by low-income households. The House had a chance to right this wrong, and they blew it.