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FMI Board Member and Giant Eagle CEO Laura Karet Urges Credit Card Market Competition in Senate Testimony
May 4, 2022
Today, FMI board member and President, CEO and Executive Chair of Giant Eagle, Inc. Laura Karet testified during a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Excessive Swipe Fees and Barriers to Competition in the Credit and Debit Card Systems.” In ...
FMI Supports Claim that Federal Reserve's Debit Interchange Rate is Too High
Apr 29, 2021
FMI today stands by two North Dakota trade groups’ complaint that the Federal Reserve’s final rule to regulate the interchange on debit transactions from the largest bank issuers, that took effect Oct.1, 2011, is too high, does not meet the legal ...
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