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Deep Dive: How Payment Card Networks Win Merchants Over

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Such concerns drove the federal government to pass the Durbin Amendment as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, but this was not the first attempt to improve the debit card situation. Mastercard and Visa handled more than 80 percent of debit transactions in 2009 — the year before the amendment passed.

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EMV Chip Cards: What You Need to Know About PIN or Signature Cards and How They Work

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When running the debit card “as credit,” the transaction will be charged according to the debit rates noted in Visa and Mastercard’s interchange tables , not according to the debit network fee schedules. In some cases, it’s less expensive for a merchant to accept PIN debit cards than signature debit cards.

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Justice Department Sues Visa for Debit Monopoly

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Disloyalty Penalties Partnerships Effects on Small Businesses Lawsuit Overview The Justice Departments civil antitrust lawsuit alleges that Visa engaged in unlawful conduct regarding debit card networks. Lawsuit Details According to the lawsuit, at least 60% of all US debit transactions run on Visas debit networks.