Visa

• Legal Action Against Interchange Settlement Appears Likely

  By David Morrison  |  September 11, 2012

  National Retail Federation exploring intervention, not a party to the original legal fight.

• Another Retail Group Comes Out Against Card Settlement

  By David Morrison  |  August 22, 2012

  Interchange settlement now opposed by Retail Industry Leaders Association, which includes Walmrt, Apple, Pepboys and Abercrombie & Fitch, among others.

• Merchants Signaling Displeasure With Settlement

  By David Morrison  |  July 19, 2012

  Merchant Payments Coalition says not all retailers keen on agreement with card brands and issuers and that it only becomes final if enough agree.

• Trades Appear Resigned to Card Settlement

  By David Morrison  |  July 16, 2012

  CUNA and NAFCU expressed a measure of relief about credit card settlement that could impact credit union credit card programs.

• Industry Compares Card Settlement to Durbin Amendment

  By David Morrison  |  July 16, 2012

  Reaction to settlement of longstanding credit card anti-trust suit.

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  EMV Card Debuts at State Department FCU

  By Marc Rapport  |  June 19, 2012

  The $1.4 billion State Department Federal Credit Union in Alexandria, Va., is now offering its 67,500 members a Visa-branded EMV credit card.

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  Durbin Impact Feud Continues Unabated

  By David Morrison  |  June 18, 2012

  Retail associations are celebrating what they are calling a year since their legislative victory in the battle over the Durbin amendment by asserting that none of amendment opponents' dire predictions have come true.

• Bethpage Notifies Members of Data Exposure

  By David Morrison  |  June 13, 2012

  More than a third of the membership's data said exposed online.

• One Year After Durbin, Retailers Celebrate

  By David Morrison  |  June 8, 2012

  Merchant Payments Coalition says credit unions, community banks have benefited.

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  Serving the Poor Is Challenged by Market Changes

  By David Morrison  |  May 29, 2012

  When it comes to lower income and underserved consumers, the chief challenge facing some mainstream credit unions and banks may not be how to serve them competitively but whether to serve them at all.