Discover Interchange Rates

There are interchange rates for all Discover card types, including debit, credit, international, and commercial cards. The fee varies by entry method (in-person, keyed, or recurring) as well. In this article, we’ll include the interchange rates grouped by card type. What are interchange fees? Interchange fees are the portion of your total credit card processing …

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Visa Enhanced Data Interchange Rates and Requirements

Providing level 2 / level 3 data can make a business eligible for enhanced data interchange categories, which carry lower rates and fees than non-enhanced categories. Enhanced data is only available for certain types of commercial card transactions, or B2B payments. It does not apply to consumer transactions. B2B processing and enhanced data are specialty …

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The Truth Behind “We’ll Give You $500 if We Can’t Beat Your Rates” Offers

Okay, the offer doesn’t usually include a unicorn, but it might as well for all the good it does you if you’re trying to secure competitive pricing. Credit card processors that offer cash if they can’t “beat” or match your current processing rates will use a variety of tactics to get your business, and manipulate …

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Qualified, Mid Qualified & Non Qualified Credit Card Processing Rates

The key to lowering your business’s credit card processing expense is not avoiding non-qualified fees. The key is completely eliminating a processor’s qualification altogether. Who Determines Rate Qualification Qualified, mid-qualified and non-qualified rates are set and manipulated by credit card processors through something called tiered pricing. There is one exception – Visa started using the …

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