Contact: Taylor West
(202) 261-2382
5.5 Million Merchants and Consumers Call on House of Representatives to Pass Swipe Fee Reform
Dayton, OH – Representatives from Speedway and SuperAmerica convenience stores will host a telephonic press conference at 10am Eastern TOMORROW to announce a new set of nearly 1.7 million customer petitions asking Congress to enact swipe fee reform to benefit merchants and consumers.
The 1.68 million signatures collected by Speedway and SuperAmerica stores in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin bring the total number of swipe fee petition signatures gathered across the country to 5.5 million.
Now that financial reform legislation has cleared the Senate with a strong bipartisan provision to reform credit and debit card swipe fees, the merchant groups supporting the petition drive are turning their attention to the House and asking Members of Congress to finish the job for Main Street merchants and consumers by keeping the swipe fee amendment unchanged and intact.
As the big banks and credit card companies try to strip the swipe fee amendment from the final bill by spreading threats and mistruths, small business owners and customers across the country are making their voices heard and urging the House to vote for a financial reform bill that includes a Main Street stimulus in the form of Senator Durbin’s swipe fee amendment.
WHO: Tony Kenney, President, Speedway SuperAmerica LLC
Charlie Runyon, Regional Director, Speedway SuperAmerica LLC
Lyle Beckwith, Vice President, National Association of Convenience Stores
WHAT: Press Conference Call to Announce Delivery of New Petition Signatures Calling for Swipe Fee Reform
WHEN: THURSDAY, June 3rd, at 10:00am ET
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The Merchants Payments Coalition, a group of convenience stores, retailers, and small business owners whose membership associations represent approximately 2.7 million stores and 50 million employees. The coalition’s member associations collectively represent about 2.7 million stores with approximately 50 million employees.
