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Austen Jensen
Executive Vice President, Government Affairs
Austen Jensen serves as Executive Vice President for government affairs. In this role, Jensen advocates before Congress and relevant regulators to promote transparency, innovation, and competition in the payment ecosystem. In addition to handling the payments portfolio for RILA members, he also handles financial services issues that fall under the jurisdiction of Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Federal Reserve.
Outside of the financial services arena, Jensen also directly handles environment and sustainability issues. As Executive Vice President of government affairs, he manages the government affairs team that advocates for workforce policy, privacy, trade, taxes, competition and innovation and is the chair of RILA’s Retail Leaders PAC.
Latest Insights from Austen Jensen
Fed Must Keep Swipe Fees Relief on Track
- By [Austen Jensen]
- 12/04/2023
Retailers to Fed: Remain on Course for Debit Implementation
- By [Austen Jensen]
- 11/14/2023
Retailers Support Fed Move to Lower Debit Interchange Rate
- By [Austen Jensen]
- 10/25/2023
Fed Must Adjust Interchange Rates to Reflect Actual Costs
- By [Austen Jensen]
- 10/24/2023
Retailers Applaud Federal Reserve Interchange Rate Action
- By [Austen Jensen]
- 10/17/2023
Retailers: Shutdown Could Set Economy Back
- By [Austen Jensen, Michael Hanson]
- 09/29/2023
Retailers to Senators: Protect U.S. Businesses Not Wall St.
- By [Austen Jensen]
- 09/19/2023
Stop Visa, Mastercard from Gouging Merchants & Consumers
- By [Austen Jensen]
- 09/14/2023
Wall St Uses Bogus Rewards Argument in Credit Card Debate
- By [Austen Jensen]
- 07/24/2023
Fed: It’s Time for Big Banks to Play by the Rules
- By [Austen Jensen]
- 06/30/2023