FTC encourages Federal Reserve to adopt new debit card rules

Ben Remaly

13 August 2021

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The Federal Trade Commission has urged the US Federal Reserve Board to adopt a rule that would prohibit Visa and MasterCard from incentivising debit card issuers to exclusively use their network.

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