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> The reason we don’t see larger banks offering debit cards with rewards is because of the "Durbin Act”; a federal mandate which slashed interchange margins of
by isoskeles 8y ago
> The reason we don’t see larger banks offering debit cards with rewards is because of the "Durbin Act”; a federal mandate which slashed interchange margins of banks with more than $10 billion in deposits. This was done in order to protect consumers and merchants from increasing and predatory prices that banks were trying to instill.
OOC, will this limit your growth in the long-term? What happens if you grow beyond $10B in deposits? Is the plan to partner with other small regional banks that have less than $10B in deposits, and does that circumvent the "Durbin Act"?
- benj111 8y agoAgreed, also harms potential investment (limited upside). What would be stopping you setting up a 'savings' bank. Set a higher interest rate on that, and make it trivial to swap the money between accounts?
- patrickmro 8y agoExactly - plan is to have a network participating banks.