Credit-Card Companies Band Together to Promote Effective Public Policies NATIONAL REPORT — The heads of multiple major payment companies are teaming up to form the Payments Leadership Council (PLC). Members include the CEOs of American Express, Discover Financial Services, FIS, Fiserv, Global Payments, Mastercard and Visa. Raj Date will serve as founding director. He previously served as deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and held multiple roles at companies including Capital One and Deutsche Bank. The PLC's goal, according to its launch announcement, is to b...