Payments/Credit/Debit

The Senate Appropriations Committee appears to have left the budget of the CDFI fund intact.

The Card Hub company released a report which argues that small business cards should be covered by the 2009 CARD Act.

First Data Corp. said today its monthly SpendTrend report found consumer spending uniformly up in March despite a late Easter and rising gas prices.

A newly updated Federal Reserve study finds that credit union members tend to get more cash back at point-of-sale transactions.

CUNA and NAFCU are hustling to get some last-minute lobbying on the interchange issue done before Congress goes on recess at week's end.

Intuit Financial Services released a new analysis today of its "Intuit 2020 Report: The Future of Financial Services."