Electronic Payments Coalition

Resource Topic: Consumer Harm

Pulse: Debit Issuer Study

The 2011 Debit Issuer Study, commissioned by PULSE, finds that small debit card issuers, including community banks and credit unions, on average expect a 73 percent decrease in debit interchange…
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EPC Press Release on Ipsos Survey Results

According to an Ipsos Public Affairs survey, only seven percent of respondents believe most retailers are passing their savings on to consumers now that the government has lowered the amount retailers…
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Where’s the Debit Discount?

The research presented in this document sought to identify evidence that retail customers are not seeing any benefit from these price controls. This exercise compared identical baskets of goods before…
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