Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Understanding the Federal Reserve Board Proposal to Lower Interchange Fee Cap for Debit Card Transactions
In a 37 page order, Chief Judge Virginia M. Kendall in the Northern District of Illinois determined that the Illinois Bankers Association, American Bankers Association, America’s Credit Unions, and Illinois Credit Union...more
On May 29, 2024, Illinois rocked the payments world by passing the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (“IFPA”) into law. With an effective date of July 1, 2025, the law would upend the way in which interchange is calculated in...more
This edition of Fintech Flash identifies key issues we anticipate will impact the payments industry in 2024. First, the payments regulatory landscape continues to evolve, with a number of proposed rulemakings published by the...more
The 24th National Forum on Prepaid Accounts Compliance will address the latest developments impacting the prepaid industry and provide answers to the most pressing questions and challenges being faced by practitioners in this...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK Treasury publishing a review and call for evidence on the Payment Services Regulations 2017 and a post-implementation review of the Payment Card Interchange Fee...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: UK Payment Systems Regulator announces two market reviews on card fees; Reserve Bank of India publishes Payments Vision 2025; and U.S. Department of Commerce solicits...more
Draft Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations - Recent regulatory developments focussed on the payments sector. See also our Financial institutions general regulatory news of broad relevance in the...more
In March we wrote that the European Commission (the “Commission”) had published its study on the application of the Interchange Fee Regulation (Regulation 2015/751 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions, the...more
PSR issues new directions and response to consultation feedback - The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has issued new versions of its directions following its consultation in CP19/3. It has also published a document,...more
The U.K. Payment Systems Regulator has launched a consultation on its proposals to onshore the Regulatory Technical Standards supplementing the EU Interchange Fee Regulation to ensure the RTS can still operate effectively...more
The PSR is to consider whether there is effective competition in the market and makes clear that further reviews of the payments ecosystem could be triggered by its findings - The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has...more
Welcome to the Hogan Lovells Global Payments Newsletter. In this monthly publication we provide an overview of the most recent payments, regulatory and market developments from major jurisdictions around the world as well as...more
The UK Payment Systems Regulator published the final Guidance on its approach to monitoring compliance with the EU Interchange Fee Regulation. The final Guidance consolidates the previous final Guidance published in March...more
On March 24th, the United Kingdom’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) issued final guidance establishing interchange fee caps on credit and debit card transactions where the point of sale is located in the United Kingdom. The...more
The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published its final “Guidance on [its] approach as a competent authority for the EU Interchange Fee[s] Regulation“. This guidance explains how the PSR will monitor and enforce the...more