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What’s at Stake in Banking & Payments with Capital One’s Purchase of Discover?

Posted by Myron Schwarcz and Andrew Gordon on Mar 14, 2024 11:25:00 AM

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Plenty of ink has been spilled on Capital One’s bold move to acquire Discover Financial Services, with most of it revolving around combining two large credit card issuers and the odds of the deal securing regulatory approval.

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Topics: Interchange, Mergers, Credit Cards, Durbin, Debit Cards, Capital One, Debit Network, Discover

Reading Between the Lines of the Secure Payments Partnership

Posted by Myron Schwarcz and Andrew Gordon on Jul 12, 2018 9:00:00 AM

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In case you missed it, June 2018 saw another consortium enter the already crowded payments fray. As its name implies, the Secure Payments Partnership’s primary focus is “to address the ongoing battle against payment fraud and to devise improvements for the U.S. card payment system.” To understand the impact of this announcement, the history and context below must be considered. 

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