As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and consumers increasingly turn to contactless methods and online retail sites to make their purchases, policymakers are looking at the cost of payment acceptance and debit routing practices. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois and Representative Peter Welch of Vermont recently sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell encouraging the Federal Reserve to look into potential violations of the Durbin Amendment specifically around debit routing options. Kim Ford, SVP of Government Relations for Fiserv, Steve Mathison, Sr Vice President for Fiserv and Beth Provenzano, Vice President of Public Affairs for MAG, will lead the discussion on the federal and state payments policy landscape leading up to the November elections.