However, debit card issuers that have less than $ 10 billion in assets are exempt from
these interchange fee limits and standards.
Not exact matches
The survey finds that the rise in
fees is, in part, a result of recent regulations
limiting overdraft
fees and capping the cost of debit card
interchange fees.
The Federal Reserve will now have the responsibility of setting
limits on the
interchange fees charged by credit card companies to merchants for transactions using the debit cards they issue.
A provision, known as the Durbin amendment, in the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that was signed into law in 2010, requires the Federal Reserve to
limit the
interchange fees that card networks can charge merchants each time a customer uses a debit card.
On October 1st it will be one year since the controversial Durbin Amendment went into effect,
limiting the amount of
interchange fees that debit card issuers could charge to merchants.
Debit card rewards all but disappeared after the Great Recession, when the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act sharply
limited the amount of
interchange fees debit card issuers could charge merchants, which resulted in banks dropping debit card rewards programs.
In addition, the Act amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (a) to provide for limitations on
interchange transaction
fees; (b) to prohibit exclusive payment networks and routing restrictions for debit cards; (c) to
limit the restrictions that credit and debit card networks may impose on retailers regarding discounts or transaction amount
limits based on form of payment, and (d) to provide standards for remittance
fee practices.