Right now Visa and MasterCard are in the process of rolling out new debit products, and they're doing so in a way that is very concerning to our members. There are things like a percentage fee on debit cards. They're doing some priority routing to their debit card over Interac, which is not something that the restaurants have been informed about or have authorized. They won't allow you to continue to accept their credit card product if you don't accept their debit card product. So there are all kinds of practices that our members don't know how to respond to. They don't know how to react, and they are really looking to their associations and to their government to navigate this whole new world of Visa and MasterCard moving into debit products.
On November 5th, 2009. See this statement in context.