Richard Hunt, executive chairman of the Electronic Payment Coalition (EPC), said yesterday that U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has requested a federal hearing on airline credit card and rewards programs as “retribution” for the airline industry’s opposition to Durbin’s proposed credit card regulations.
Illinois' two governor, U.S. senators, secretary of state, and attorney general all this week marked “Kwanzaa,” which was created in 1966 by a man convicted of torturing two women.