by PawnMaster | May 31, 2017 | Banking, Business News, credit card swipe fees, debit card swipe fees, In The News, News, Small Business
Republican leaders in the House of Representatives have abandoned a plan to repeal debit card swipe fee reform passed during the Obama administration. Retailers say the swipe fee reform has saved them and their customers more than $40 billion, and brought badly needed...
by PawnMaster | Apr 27, 2017 | Banking, Business News, EMV, In The News, News, Small Business
Retailers and big banks are lining up for the beginning of a showdown on Capitol Hill this week as the House holds a hearing on legislation that would repeal debit card swipe fee reform that has saved merchants and their customers more than $40 billion over the past...
by PawnMaster | Feb 26, 2016 | Banking
When Wall Street and its regulators talk about servicing the so-called “unbanked,” people who are generally disconnected from the banking sector, it often sounds like a mission to do God’s work — bank unto others as thou banketh for...
by PawnMaster | Feb 11, 2016 | Banking
Florida is one of three key markets in which Fifth Third Bank hopes to increase the number of consumers it serves, by focusing on the unbanked and...
by PawnMaster | Dec 11, 2015 | Banking
One hundred years ago, the post office also provided banking services, and some people believe it should start again to service the millions of Americans who do not use...
by PawnMaster | Nov 13, 2015 | Banking, underbanked
A new Bank On Memphis smartphone app, unveiled Thursday by Shelby County and city of Memphis leaders, is intended to be a new tool to help the thousands of unbanked and underbanked county...