Electronic Payments Coalition

A Staffer’s Guide to Meeting with the National Grocers Association (NGA) This Week

This week, as you meet with lobbyists from the National Grocers Association (NGA), you will likely hear their talking points about credit card interchange and the Durbin-Marshall Credit Card mandates.

Before accepting the claims being made in support of the Durbin-Marshall credit card mandates, it is important to take a closer look at the facts about interchange and the payments system.

Keep reading below to view a fact sheet that lays out what’s often left out of the debate and why these mandates risk doing real harm to consumers and the broader payments ecosystem.

Updated last: 
May 19, 2026

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