Patricia Hewitt

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...

TSYS has released a new national consumer survey on the behavior and opinions of debit card users. The survey, conducted...

June 8, 2011 - the day the Senate voted onthe bill to delay implementation of the Durbin Amendment - will...

In a much anticipated vote, the Senate voted today 54 – 45 not to delay for one year a cap...

Reading an article about Tesco (a major UKretailer and provider of consumer financial services) acquiring asocial media company (Bzzagent) got...

This is being written on May 21st,the day the world is to end. Perhaps someday the world will end,but apparently...

Recently, The Pew Charitable Trust announced theformation of a new project designed to provide analysis andrecommendations on retail checking accounts...

One of the terms most frequently connected tothe recent economic crisis was "systemic risk." In that context,systemic risk referred to...