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Prior to the Durbin amendment, card swipe fees were previously unregulated and averaged about 44 cents per transaction. [3] Merchants lobbied heavily for a rule to limit debit card swipe fees. [4] They accomplished this when the Durbin amendment passed with the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation on July 21, 2010. [5]
The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act or FACTA, Pub. L. 108–159 (text)) is a U.S. federal law, passed by the United States Congress on November 22, 2003, [1] and signed by President George W. Bush on December 4, 2003, [2] as an amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The settlement lowers interchange fees for merchants and also protects credit card companies from being sued over the issue again in the future. [23] That settlement was reversed. Currently one for US$6.24 billion is scheduled to go before the district court on November 7, 2019. [24]
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Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; Long title: An Act to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.
You can protect yourself from skimming by using a credit card over a debit card whenever possible, as they offer more recourse if fraud occurs. However, not everyone has access to a credit card.
According to HG.org, here are 15 bizarre laws that might be enforceable in Texas. 15 strange enforceable laws in Texas No. 1: Selling your organs. Tex. Pen. Code. §48.02 says it's illegal to sell ...
The Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification act was passed in 2007 as an amendment to the FCRA. [15] The act required that account numbers printed on receipts have to be shortened to five digits in order to protect consumer privacy.