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Joint Financial Sector Letter Opposing Durbin-Marshall Amendments to Military Construction, Veterans Affairs Funding Bill

Today, 11 trade associations representing virtually all banks and credit unions, including those primarily serving military-affiliated customers and members, sent a joint letter to Congressional leaders expressing strong opposition of the so-called “Credit Card Competition Act of 2023” as well as the effort by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) to attach their proposed credit card routing legislation (S. 1838) to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 4366). The full letter can be found below:
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Joint Financial Sector Letter Opposing Durbin-Marshall Amendments to NDAA

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, ten trade associations representing virtually all banks and credit unions, including those primarily serving military-affiliated customers and members, sent a joint letter to Congressional leaders expressing strong opposition of the so-called “Credit Card Competition Act of 2023” and an impractical, technically-flawed, and unnecessary study proposal (Amendment 177) as amendments to this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The full letter can be found below:
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A Capitol Hill Staffer Guide to Meeting with the National Restaurant Association

This week, as Capitol Hill staff meet with representatives and members from the National Restaurant Association, they will likely hear certain arguments about credit card interchange fees and the falsely-named, “Credit Card Competition Act”, which is anything but. Below are fact-checks that set the record straight about the harm caused by credit card routing mandates. 
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Defense Credit Union Council Joins Financial Services Coalition In Sending Joint Letter to House Leaders Opposing Harmful Credit Card Routing Legislation

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Defense Credit Union Council joined ten other trade associations representing the entire financial services industry including the American Bankers Association, Association of Military Banks of America, Bank Policy Institute, Consumer Bankers Association, Credit Union National Association, Electronic Payments Coalition, Independent Community Bankers of America, Mid-Sized Bank Coalition of America, National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions, and National Bankers Association in sending a joint letter to House leaders opposing legislation (H.R. 3881) by Representatives Lance Gooden (R-TX) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) creating new credit card routing mandates that would eliminate funding for popular credit card rewards programs, weaken cybersecurity protections, and reduce access to credit for those who need it the most. The full letter to House leadership is copied below.
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Financial Services Coalition Sends Joint Letter to Senate Leaders Opposing Harmful Credit Card Routing Legislation

WASHINGTON, DC – Ten trade associations representing the financial services industry including the American Bankers Association, Association of Military Banks of America, Bank Policy Institute, Consumer Bankers Association, Credit Union National Association, Electronic Payments Coalition, Independent Community Bankers of America, Mid-Sized Bank Coalition of America, National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions, and National Bankers Association, sent a joint letter to Senate leaders opposing legislation (S.1838) by Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) creating new credit card routing mandates that would eliminate funding for popular credit cards rewards programs, weaken cybersecurity protections, and reduce access to credit for those who need it the most.
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Op-ed: The Credit Card Competition Act Will Harm Military Families

By Major General Stephen J. Lepper, USAF (retired) – President & CEO, American Military Banks of America & Colonel Anthony R. Hernandez, USAF (retired) – President & CEO, Defense Credit Union Council Published in American Banker on December 21, 2022 The lame-duck Senate recently considered and rejected an amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act that could have inflicted unintended financial harm on our nation’s military families. That amendment is the Credit Card Competition Act of 2022. Why was it an amendment to the NDAA?  Because its sponsors, Sens. Dick Durbin and Roger Marshall, know the only way their proposal will become law is if it’s attached to the only legislation that must pass before the end of this Congress. Since it didn’t pass as part of the NDAA, its sponsors are now looking for other “must-pass” legislation. Last-minute funding bills — continuing resolutions or omnibus appropriations bills — will be their most likely targets. Americans generally, and military families in particular, should be concerned about this proposal because it’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Beneath its promise to lower consumer costs by increasing competition among credit card payment networks lies the significant risk that not only will Americans
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