Ken Paterson

On July 19, the Consumer Financial ProtectionBureau (CFPB) released its report to Congress, The Impact ofDifferences Between Consumer- and Creditor-Purchased...

Even before we have the quarterly data fromVisa and MasterCard, we know that credit card-based spending is up.And American Express's...

One of the joys of Google searches is theunintended find. I was looking for something of earth-shatteringimportance to the credit...

A newly released Fed report on collegeaffinity programs (http://www.federalreserve.gov/BoardDocs/RptCongress/creditcard/2011/downloads/ccap_2011.pdf),which was mandated under the CARD Act, notes the surprising factthat three...

With the announcement of the final debitinterchange rules under the Durbin Amendment, we close the firstchapter on debit pricing regulation....

NPR listeners may have recently heard a reporton the frequent use of Bob Dylan lyrics in legal rulings, with thetop...

There were no headlines that I noticed whenthe Fed published its Q1/2011 stats on credit card delinquencies.Yes, the stats are...

In the fall of 2010, small business creditcard issuers experienced a brush with potential new regulation asthe industry was accused...

It seems industry observers are just waiting fora major decline in credit and debit rewards programs, the formerdue to portfolio...

The casually-dressed hotel guest had itright; "So you're attending that big credit card conference?" (Mysuit and tie were a dead...