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The Motley Fool May 17, 2010 Morgan Housel	Congress Drops an Axe on the Credit Card Industry Why suppressed interchange fees could kill Visa and MasterCard.
BusinessWeek March 10, 2011 Schmidt & Mattingly	The Brawl Over Debit-Card Fees Big retailers and banks, each claiming to represent the consumer, are trying to sway Congress on card swipe fees.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2010 Morgan Housel	Look What Congress Just Did to the Debit Card Market In Congress' well-intentioned plan to spare merchants and consumers from the burden of interchange, the end result will likely be a simple shuffling of costs, unfortunately to the consumer.
BusinessWeek October 15, 2009 Lloyd Constantine	Let's End the Debit Card Fee-for-All The Fed needs to start exercising oversight over debit-card fees.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 Jim Royal	Finally, a Victory Over Wall Street Retailers won a victory against the big banks, sorta. Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve slashed the fees charged by banks for debit card transactions.
U.S. Banker June 2011 Glen Fest	Fraud Fight to Take Hit? Many banks subject to the Durbin amendment are convinced debit interchange cuts will make free checking or rewards programs impossible to support.
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U.S. Banker August 2010 Alan Kline	A Misguided Swipe at Fees Critics of regulatory reform might say that many of its provisions don't go far enough in reining in banks or protecting consumers. As is, this is one that goes way too far.
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BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 Dean Foust	First Data: The Power Behind The Plastic After its merger with EFS, First Data's ownership of vast electronic-payment networks will provide it with a flow of fees the other rivals to MasterCard and Visa never had.
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The Motley Fool June 21, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Travel Smart: Know the Fees When planning your trip abroad, be aware of the fees you'll get charged for your foreign-currency transactions.
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The Motley Fool December 22, 2011 Dan Caplinger	2011 Didn't Leave Home Without American Express AmEx isn't letting the financial world pass it by. That's a big part of why AmEx did well in 2011 and why it could keep building on its success in years to come.
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The Motley Fool May 18, 2010 Rick Steier	How the CARD Act Killed Credit Access When will government learn that poorly constructed regulation harms more than it helps?
The Motley Fool October 26, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Get Your Fair Share of Free Bank Money Be smart and take the money from credit card offers and run.
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