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’s latest numbers on the topic revealing the lowest level of underbanked individuals since the survey began in 2009. Digitization and modernization are key, yet for the regional banks and credit unions that are left in the wake of larger institutions shuttering their branches, the process is a challenge. Branch Deserts.
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Debit cards secured with PINs came into wide use in the 1990s, and regional card networks often processed such payments at the time. These larger operators sometimes made deals with card issuers, under which the latter would agree to only route payments over the former’s networks. percent of transactions’ values, on average.
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