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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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Electronic Payments Coalition |

EPC Chart: Retailer Sales Rise While Interchange Remains Flat

Big-box retailers, led by Walmart and Target, and their allies in Congress continue to distort the truth about interchange in order to help their bottom lines. Data collected by Verisk proves that interchange rates have been stable over the past seven years. Merchant groups like the Merchant Payment Coalition ignore the fact that any increase in interchange costs is directly correlated with and in proportion to increases in purchase volume. Interchange fees have increased largely in proportion to the revenue merchants have collected from credit card customers. There is a direct correlation between merchant profits and the small percentage of fees paid to enable that business growth.
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Electronic Payments Coalition |

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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Electronic Payments Coalition |

Competition in the Payments Space: Debunking the Myths about Competition

There is intense competition in payments, facilitated by the rise of e-commerce and new market entrants during the pandemic. The payments market is much broader than traditional players with new entrants that give consumers many options to pay including global brands such as American Express, Discover, JCB, and alternative payment players such as PayPal, Klarna, Afterpay, and Block.
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Electronic Payments Coalition |

Interchange = Access to Credit

Interchange allows financial institutions the ability to provide access to credit, especially in underserved, rural, and low-income communities. Without interchange, many institutions would be forced to stop issuing credit cards altogether or eliminate low-cost banking services. People with less-than-perfect credit or no credit have greater access to secure financial services thanks, in large part, to the funding provided by the current interchange system. Keep reading below to learn more about how interchange = access to credit.
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Electronic Payments Coalition |

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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Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council |

Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council: The Big-Box Bill (S. 1838/H.R. 3881) is Bad for Small Businesses

The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) strongly opposes harmful credit card routing legislation introduced this year in the Senate (S. 1838) and the House (H.R. 3881). This “Big-Box Bill” is being pushed by mega-retailers like Walmart and Target so that they can increase their bottom line at the expense of small businesses and entrepreneurs. If enacted, credit card routing mandates would be burdensome for small businesses. The mandates would drive billions of dollars from the credit market and force financial institutions to reduce crucial lending to entrepreneurs and their businesses in need. Check out SBE Council’s explainer below that highlights how credit card routing mandates would strip small businesses of valuable services, like fraud prevention, that they rely on to protect their business and customers.
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