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FTC Probing Visa, Mastercard About Debit Card Practices

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antitrust regulators are investigating Visa and Mastercard about their debit card policies, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Nov. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is talking to large merchants to discover if some retailers are being blocked from routing digital payments over alternative debit networks, sources told Bloomberg.

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How Much Are Debit Card Processing Fees

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Different Types of Debit Card Transactions There are two main types of debit card transactions: signature debit and PIN debit. Signature debit transactions occur when a customer signs to authorize the payment. Signature debit transactions are commonly used by ecommerce businesses.

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FICO’s Take On Debit Security

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The data of 4 million breached debit and credit cards was even posted for sale in late 2019, stolen from four restaurant chains between April and September 2019, and recently made available for purchase on Joker’s Stash, an online black market. Card issuers, networks and retailers all must play a part in defending against such breaches.

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Deep Dive: How Payment Card Networks Win Merchants Over

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Merchants had previously come together to file lawsuits , alleging major banks and card networks were acting as monopolies to maintain high charges for debit transactions. The amendment aimed to ease this strain by protecting merchants and consumers from paying high fees to banks and payment card networks.

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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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EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa) chip card use has continued to expand in use since its tumultuous rollout in 2015. The EMV standard has now become a global standard for cards equipped with computer chips and the technology used to authenticate chip-card transactions. A PIN pad allows customers to enter PINs for debit transactions.