National Retail Federation

• Card Interchange Settlement on the Ropes

  May 29, 2013

  The National Retail Federation announced last week that it will formally oppose the final settlement of litigation between retailers, Visa and MasterCard and a number of the largest card issuers.

• Card Brands, Issuers, File Suit to End Suits

  By David Morrison  |  May 28, 2013

  Latest round in battle between card brands and retailers seeks rejection of interchange settlement.

• NRF Announces Formal Opposition to Card Interchange Settlement

  By David Morrison  |  May 21, 2013

  The retail group, which had not been part of the original litigation, had been criticizing the settlement for months.

• Surcharge Settlement Sparks Legislation Backlash

  By David Morrison  |  April 10, 2013

  The pending anti-trust settlement, pitting the six major card issuers and two major card brands against the retailers, has sparked a legislative backlash.

• Retailer Credit Card Surcharging Still Considered Unlikely

  By David Morrison  |  April 3, 2013

  Card, retail executives say practice unlikely to take root in U.S.

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  Mobility Matters: The Mobile Wallet Wars

  By Robert McGarvey  |  February 4, 2013

  Despite slow uptake and Google's low-touch service, search giant remains largest foe in digital wallet disintermediation threat.

• Small Businesses Could Use a Holiday Sales Boost

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  November 26, 2012

  Retailers with annual sales below $1 million have dropped year-to-date, while large retailers have seen sales hike.

• Interchange Deal Advances

  By David Morrison  |  November 21, 2012

  The multiple-party, multiple-year case over credit card interchange moved one step closer to resolution on Nov. 9 when the Honorable Judge John Gleeson granted preliminary approval of the settlement agreement between retailers, payment networks and nine major card issuers.

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  For Holiday Spending, Consumers Will Use Cash and Debit

  By Peter Strozniak  |  November 21, 2012

  As consumers head to the malls and shopping strips this holiday season, more than half are expected to use cash or debit cards and only one out of three shoppers will break out credit cards to buy gifts, so reports an online survey of Litle & Co., a Lowell-Mass.-based payments...

• Court Grants Preliminary Approval to Interchange Deal

  By David Morrison  |  November 9, 2012

  Decision can still be appealed and National Retail Federation said it's considering that route.