Local Durbin Statement on New Swipe Fee Reforms Taking Effect by Gary Kopycinski on October 3, 2011 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement regarding new regulations which finally bring fairness, transparency and competition to the debit swipe fee system: