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• Consumer Advocate Calls Interchange Surcharge Fears Propaganda

  By David Morrison  |  February 4, 2013

  U.S. Public Interest Research Group director downplays potential consumer impact; sides with merchants in surcharge snit.

• RBFCU Returns $2.9 Million in Credit Card Rewards

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  December 26, 2012

  Randolph-Brooks FCU says more than $30 million returned in program since 1994.

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  Mobile Mania Broke Out In a Big Way

  By Robert McGarvey  |  December 19, 2012

  Conferences, white papers, surveys, pilot programs, new applications all screamed the same refrain in 2012: mobile banking, mobile banking, mobile banking.

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  Think More – But Don’t Necessarily Charge Ahead – on EMV Cards

  By Michelle Thornton  |  November 21, 2012

  Converting the nation’s millions of cards, processing terminals and banking systems to EMV may take as long as a decade or more.

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  5 Things You Don’t Know Because You Weren’t at California/Nevada Leagues Annual Meeting

  By Robert McGarvey  |  November 15, 2012

  MBL update, demographics are destiny, EMV coming at you, and more.

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  Don’t Charge Ahead on EMV Cards

  November 14, 2012

  Change is in the cards, literally. Europay, MasterCard and Visa technology is coming to the United States and bringing with it a host of benefits for cardholders and issuers, including enhanced security and international compatibility.

• Independent Sales Organizations File Brief in Interchange Case

  By David Morrison  |  November 6, 2012

  National ATM Council trade group objects that it's included in proposed settlement while it has its own case ongoing against card brands.

• Credit Cards Are Still Industry’s Rodney Dangerfield

  By David Morrison  |  November 5, 2012

  Credit cards continue to be among the most productive but little appreciated credit union assets, according to executives whose job it is to help credit union learn to manage their card portfolios more profitably.

• Grumbles Aside, Interchange Dispute Moves Toward Settlement

  By David Morrison  |  October 31, 2012

  The negotiated settlement meant to end the longstanding dispute over credit card interchange moved closer to becoming final last week as attorneys for both sides in the dispute proposed a final settlement agreement to the U.S. District Court in New York and made a motion for its approval.

• Money2020: Fistful of Digital Dollars

  By Robert McGarvey  |  October 31, 2012

  LAS VEGAS — Disruption. Disintermediation. Reinvention. These three themes rocked the first installment of Money2020, a bustling conference that attracted a full house of 2,000-plus attendees and, more importantly, it brought in very senior executives from major financial services players ranging from American Express to Visa, MasterCard and Discover; from...