DURBIN AMENDMENT
Portion of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, introduced in 2010, constricting transaction fees placed upon merchants by debit card issuers. Named after American Senator Richard J. Durbin, the amendment limited the interchange fees, which averaging to 44 cents a transaction according to 1% to 3% of its amount, to 12 cents a deal for banks with at least $10 billion in assets.
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