April 27, 2026
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has moved to block Illinois from enforcing its landmark swipe-fee law against national banks, issuing emergency rules that open a new front in an ongoing battle over the state's effort to curb merchant payment-processing costs.
April 06, 2026
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has urged the Seventh Circuit to rule that his state may fully enforce its Interchange Fee Prohibition Act against national banks and other financial institutions, defending its ban on tax-and-tip swipe fees amid a banking industry appeal.
March 16, 2026
A top U.S. banking regulator is seconding the banking industry's call for the Seventh Circuit to block Illinois' tax and tip swipe-fee ban, arguing a lower-court judge missed the "forest for the trees" in ruling the state-law restrictions are enforceable against banks it oversees.
March 09, 2026
Banking industry trade groups have asked the Seventh Circuit to rule that Illinois may not enforce its tax and tip swipe-fee ban against national banks and other payment system participants, escalating their fight against the state's landmark Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, or IFPA.
March 03, 2026
The Seventh Circuit granted banking and credit union trade groups' bid to fast-track their appeal over the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act after they asked to schedule the case for a decision before the law banning swipe fees on tax and tip payments takes effect July 1.