Published: June 30, 2011
TCF Requests Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging Durbin Amendment
WAYZATA, Minn. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - On June 29, 2011, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a U.S.
District Court ruling to deny TCF National Bank's ("TCF" ) motion for a
preliminary injunction against the implementation of the Durbin
Amendment. The decision was based largely on the grounds that at this
stage of the litigation, it was not clear that the exemption for banks
with total assets under $10 billion would be effective. In view of this
ruling along with yesterday's announcement of the Federal Reserve
Board's final rule on debit interchange, which does not resolve the
question of the potential effectiveness of the $10 billion exemption,
TCF today decided to ask that the U.S. District Court in South Dakota
dismiss its case without prejudice.
"While we continue to believe that the Durbin Amendment is
unconstitutional because it requires below-cost pricing and exempts 99%
of all U.S. banks, we believe our lawsuit has served its purpose in
demonstrating the unfairness of the Durbin Amendment and that it is time
for us to move on," said William A. Cooper, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer. "The Federal Reserve Board's final rule is an improvement from
its initial proposal and recognizes many of the points we made in our
case."
The Durbin Amendment was included by Congress in the Dodd-Frank Act of
2010. The Durbin Amendment ordered the Federal Reserve Board, for the
first time, to enact regulations that strictly limit the amount of
interchange fees merchants pay to banks when a bank's customer uses
their debit card to make purchases. These new limits apply to banks with
$10 billion or more in total assets. The Federal Reserve Board issued
its final rule on June 29, 2011.
TCF National Bank is a subsidiary of TCF Financial Corporation (NYSE:
TCB), a Wayzata, Minnesota-based national bank holding company with
$18.7 billion in total assets. TCF has 442 branches in Minnesota,
Illinois, Michigan, Colorado, Wisconsin, Indiana, Arizona and South
Dakota, providing retail and commercial banking services. TCF also
conducts commercial leasing and equipment finance business in all 50
states and commercial inventory finance business in the U.S. and Canada.
For more information about TCF, please visit www.tcfbank.com.
TCF Financial Corporation, Wayzata
Jason Korstange, 952-745-2755
www.tcfbank.com
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