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How New Debit-Card Fees Affect Swipe Reform and Small Businesses
November 25, 2011
When Bank of America yesterday announced that it would levy a $5 monthly charge on consumers who use their debit cards to make purchases, small-business owners and merchant groups collectively shuddered.
The battle they won last year through the passage of the Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law -- which, among other things, called for the Federal Reserve to rein in debit-card interchange fees, the swipe fees merchant pay banks for debit card purchases -- may be lost after all.
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Banks Charging Small Businesses for Deposits
November 22, 2011
Bank of America was forced by public outrage to retreat from a plan to charge people $5 a month to u...
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North Dakota Bakken Shale Success Causes Surprising Growth
November 10, 2011
Riding the Dakota Oil Boom reveals a surprising result of North Dakota Bakken Shale's success: railr...
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Effective Tactical Recruiting in the Oil and Gas Industry
October 26, 2011
A Tactical Recruiting Effort Pays from the Wall Street Journal tells the story of a natural gas comp...
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Banks Use U.S. Funds for Small Business to Repay TARP
October 13, 2011
A Wall Street Journal article (membership required) reported that banks used the Small Business Lend...
