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MAG Position Papers
External Communications
- Joint Trade Mnuchin Powell Letter
- Letter to the Federal Reserve RE: Reg II Regulated Rate for Debit
- Future Scenarios Post COVID-19
- MAG CEO Shares Lessons Learned for Working Remotely
- Association Letters to Delay EMV Liability Transition for AFD
- MAG Statement for the Record to the House Financial Services Committee's Financial Technology Task Force re Cash & Mobile Payments (February 8, 2020)
- MAG Comments RE FedNow (November 7, 2019)
- MAG Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives re: Support the Federal Reserve’s Proposal to Develop a Real-Time Gross Settlement Service (July 27, 2019)
- MAG Letter to the U.S. Senate re: Support the Federal Reserve’s Proposal to Develop a Real-Time Gross Settlement Service (July 27, 2019)
- MAG Letter to the Federal Reserve re: Support the Federal Reserve's Proposal to Develop a Real-Time Gross Settlement Service - (July 24, 2019)
- MAG Letter to EMVCo regarding SRC Concerns (July 18, 2019)
- MAG Comments to the Federal Reserve regarding Potential modifications to operating hours for the Reserve Banks' National Settlement Service and Fedwire Funds Service (July 15, 2019)
- MAG Comments on Efforts on SRC and Launch of KnowYourPayments Tokenization (February 22, 2019)
- MAG Comments to the Federal Reserve regarding Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) Service (Dec. 14, 2018)
- MAG Letter to EMVCo and Global Networks regarding SRC Concerns (September 7, 2018)
Member Surveys & Best Practices
MAG Official Documents
General Resources
2020
Webinars
- Where are All These Chargebacks Coming From? - January 29, 2020
- The Cash Cycle– Improving Visibility and Reconciliation for Merchants - February 19, 2020
- How Open Banking is Disrupting Financial Services - March 4, 2020
- CMSPI Webinar: Visa & Mastercard's Interchange Shuffle: How Will Your Costs Change in 2020? - April 14, 2020
- PINless Debit: Unlocking the Value Proposition for Retailers - April 22, 2020
- Connected commerce solutions for COVID-19 challenges - May 13, 2020
- Upcoming Payment Network Changes Overview - June 3, 2020
- EMV Automated Fuel Dispenser (AFD) Liability Shift - June 15, 2020
- Contactless: Considerations for Merchants in a Touch-free COVID-19 Era - June 17, 2020
- Approval Rates: Optimizing Your Payments Supply Chain to Increase Sales - July 8, 2020
- Combat Malicious Behavior, Account Takeover and BOPIS Fraud in the New Normal - July 22, 2020
- Using Data to Manage Your Business - August 5, 2020
- It costs HOW much?! Exploring the Cost of Accepting Payments - August 19, 2020
- Retaining eCommerce Consumer Loyalty in a Post-Pandemic World - September 9, 2020
Conferences
Mid-Year Conference
Summer SIGs
2020 Summer SIG Sessions