Patricia Hewitt

On April 1, the network exclusivity rules ofRegulation II went into general effect and over the course of thenext few...

The cottage industry created by the DurbinAmendment is preparing to move into brand new offices as theregulation that has taken...

PayPal lifted the lid off its future merchantstrategy and if the press coverage is any indication, it hasstirred the pot...

The recent spate of legislation aimed atgiving merchants more control over their cost of payment acceptancehas resulted in consumers being...

This week news broke that starting October14th, Wells Fargo will be piloting a new debit card fee in certainstates. The...

During its earnings call last week,MasterCard executives quietly mentioned what may be a key driverfor financial service providers for some...

The proliferation of social buying sites likeGroupon, is threatening to become more white noise in the market,and so we have...

With the announcement of the final debitinterchange rules, one might expect debit rewards programs toevolve more rapidly in the direction...

One of the big surprises in the final DurbinAmendment rules was the modification to the exemption criteria forgeneral purpose reloadable...

We woke up this morning and the sun wasshining, birds singing, and summer flowers were in full bloom.What's different is...