Electronic Payments Coalition

The Electronic Payments Coalition is a lobbying group that represents the interests of big banks, credit unions, and payment card networks that move electronic payments quickly between merchants and consumers across the globe. Members include virtually all big banking and financial entities. They created the banking front group Consumers Against Retail Discrimination Alliance, or CARD Alliance.

Lobbying
The Coalition spent $1,060,000 for lobbying in 2009. Lobbying firms used were:
 * Brownstein, Hyatt et al
 * Bryan Cave LLP
 * Clark & Assoc
 * Tassey & Assoc

Bills lobbied in 2009 include:

Members

 * Advanta Corporation
 * Alabama Bankers Association
 * American Bankers Association
 * American Express Company
 * American Financial Services Association
 * Bank of America
 * Barclays Bank
 * BB&T
 * California Bankers Association
 * Capital One Financial Corporation
 * Card Services For Credit Unions, Inc. (CSCU)
 * Citi
 * Colorado Bankers Association
 * Consumer Bankers Association
 * Co-op Financial Services
 * Credit Union National Association
 * Delaware Bankers Association
 * Electronic Transactions Association (ETA)
 * Financial Services Roundtable
 * Florida Bankers Association
 * Georgia Bankers Association
 * Hawaii Bankers Association
 * Hawaii Financial Services Association
 * HSBC North America
 * Illinois Bankers Association
 * Independent Community Bankers of America
 * Iowa Bankers Association
 * JPMorgan Chase
 * Maine Bankers Association
 * Maryland Bankers Association
 * Massachusetts Bankers Association
 * MasterCard Worldwide
 * Mid-Atlantic Financial Services Coalition
 * Minnesota Card Coalition
 * Mississippi Bankers Association
 * Montana Bankers Association
 * National Association of Federal Credit Unions
 * Nebraska Bankers Association
 * Nevada Bankers Association
 * New Hampshire Bankers Association
 * New Mexico Bankers Association
 * New York Bankers Association
 * North Carolina Bankers Association
 * Ohio Bankers League
 * Ohio Financial Services Association
 * Oklahoma Bankers Association
 * Pennsylvania Bankers Association
 * PSCU Financial Services
 * Puerto Rico Bankers Association
 * South Dakota Bankers Association
 * Tennessee Bankers Association
 * Texas Bankers Association
 * USAA Federal Savings
 * U.S. Bank
 * Vermont Bankers Association
 * Visa Inc.
 * Washington Bankers Association
 * Wells Fargo
 * West Virginia Bankers Association
 * Wisconsin Bankers Association

Contact details
The Electronic Payments Coalition Phone: 1-800-330-9EPC Email: info AT electronicpaymentscoalition.com Web: http://www.electronicpaymentscoalition.org

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * American Financial Services Association
 * Consumers Against Retail Discrimination Alliance
 * Johnson, Madigan, Peck, Boland & Stewart
 * LawMedia Group

External articles

 * Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, "Retailers, Credit Card Companies Quibble Over Footing the Bill", The Washington Post, March 20, 2007.