What would we do without the trusty old card?
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Read More »February 7, 2014 Comments Off on Paper, not plastic
What would we do without the trusty old card?
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Read More »May 8, 2013 Comments Off on D.C. taxis to take credit cards by Aug. 31
WASHINGTON — Taxicabs in the District of Columbia will be required to accept credit and debit cards by the end of August. The D.C. Taxicab Commission approved the requirement on Wednesday. It’s part of a broad package of reforms to ...
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Read More »May 1, 2012 Comments Off on Fed says retailers paying a lot less in debit fees
WASHINGTON — Retailers are paying significantly less every time a customer swipes a debit card under a rule capping the fees that banks are allowed to charge. The Federal Reserve says in a report Tuesday that the average fee paid ...
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Read More »January 11, 2012 Comments Off on Bumpy earnings season ahead for banks
NEW YORK — You can usually tell a lot about the health of the U.S. economy by looking at the financial results of banks. They’re the people who finance new factories, plant expansions and fatter payrolls. But don’t count on ...
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Read More »October 31, 2011 Comments Off on SunTrust latest to reverse $5 monthly debit fee
NEW YORK — SunTrust Banks Inc. said on Monday it will stop charging a $5-per-month fee for using debit cards and return the fees it’s collected since June to its customers. The Atlanta-based bank followed larger rivals like Chase and ...
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Read More »October 13, 2011 1 Comment
WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers are asking the Justice Department to investigate whether Bank of America and other major banks improperly worked together to charge customers new monthly fees for using their debit cards. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and four other ...
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Read More »June 29, 2011 Comments Off on Fed sets 21-cent cap on retailer debit swipe fees
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is poised to limit the fees that banks can charge retailers for swiping debit cards to 21 cents, a higher cap than initially proposed. Banks succeeded in convincing the Fed that its initial cap of ...
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Read More »May 25, 2011 Comments Off on Banks offer cash transfers to cell number, e-mail
WASHINGTON — Three of America’s four largest banks are launching a system that lets customers transfer money from their checking accounts using only a mobile number or e-mail address. The banks say the service, called clearXchange, will make payments easier ...
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