Staged Digital Wallet Fees

However, those days are long gone. In early 2017, Visa announced a staged digital wallet fee, which came well after Mastercard imposed a similar fee in 2013. These fees can result in higher interchange costs for small businesses. Which wallets does this affect, and will your business pay more to take digital wallets? Let’s dig …

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Mastercard Acquirer License Fee

Assessment Fees As part of credit card processing costs, the credit card company sets the pricing themselves. Assessment fees apply to all business types and your credit card processor passes those charges to you. The Acquirer License Fee is one of many different assessment fee, which you can expect to pay when you accept Mastercards …

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Mastercard’s AVS Fee

Currently, Mastercard set the AVS card-present fee at $0.005 and the AVS card-not-present fee at $0.01. Mastercard Assessment Fees There are a few different types of fees for credit card processing. Assessment fees are fees that go directly to the credit card companies themselves. Mastercard assessment fees apply in many different scenarios, and multiple assessment …

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Mastercard Account Status Inquiry Fee

Currently, Mastercard sets the Account Status Inquiry Fee at $0.025. Mastercard Processing Fees The fees that Mastercard charges for credit card processing are called assessment fees. They’re one part of the total cost to process a credit card, along with interchange and the processor’s fees. Assessments are non-negotiable, and ideally, will be passed to you …

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