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BusinessWeek June 24, 2010 Schmidt & O'Connor	How Russell Simmons Out-Lobbied Big Banks The hip-hop superstar also sells debit cards -- and won a fee exemption for his UniRush card.
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.
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U.S. Banker September 2010 Alan Kline	Be Careful What You Wish For While the mission to lower the cost of financial services for low- and moderate-income consumers is admirable, there's concern among some industry observers that tactics could backfire and wind up driving many people out of the financial mainstream.
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