The combination of bank reaction and the exclusion of prepaid cards and small banks from the Durbin Amendment will simply create too many unregulated products that are too financially appealing for large-bank-issued debit cards to maintain their market share.

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Indeed, the junta's position towards Aung San Suu Kyi may have hardened further in reaction to developments that could significantly alter the political status quo albeit to the exclusion of genuine democratisation.

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