Every time a card terminal chirps and a sale goes through, a small slice of that purchase is quietly carved off and routed into one of the most profitable financial systems on earth. The money does ...

Retiring Senator Dick Durbin has spent more than a decade pushing to force competition into the credit card payment system.

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