Visa Consumer Credit Cards Visa offers many different types of credit cards to consumers. Each of these cards have varying “perks” or “rewards” that the customer receives. Different banks will issue different types of cards to their customers, and each card costs the issuing bank money to issue, support, etc – [...]
Most in-person merchants will qualify for Visa’s CPS Retail rate structure. CPS stands for “Custom Payment Service”. The CPS classification is typically known as the best basic rate structure offered by Visa, and CPS requirements are often the “minimum” qualification requirements for more advanced interchange rates. Read all about CPS here. In a [...]
“EIRF” is an acronym for “Electronic Interchange Reimbursement Fee” – and it’s a card-type you’d prefer not to receive, if possible. This is the rate category that many cards will “downgrade” to. Some business types (like restaurants) will auto-downgrade to EIRF for many card types, and an EIRF classification can [...]
Hotels, Lodging merchants, and auto-rental merchants have special interchange rates from Visa. Because these merchants often take “extended authorizations” where transactions may be altered later on, there are different requirements. Visa allows for a longer authorization time-frame for these merchant types, but you’re required to submit additional information to take [...]
Visa has incredibly low interchange rates for merchants who are classified as a Utility. As these payments are considered “low risk” from a processing perspective, the interchange rates reflect that. You’ll see that many of the rates have no percentage fee, and just a flat, per-transaction fee. Qualifications Must be [...]
Qualifications Must be classified as a School (MCC 8220, 8211, 8299), Government Entity (MCC 9399, 9211, 9222), Insurance Sales (MCC 6300, 5960), Fuel Dealer (MCC 5983), Child Care Services (MCC 8351), or Direct Marketing Subscriptions (MCC 5968). Eligible for debit only are Charities (MCC 8398) and Telecommunications (MCC 4814) Authorize and settle [...]
Almost all merchants are eligible for the Visa CPS Small Ticket program. See below for the full qualifications - but typically, if you accept a sale that's under $15, it will qualify for lower interchange rates from Visa. Almost all merchants are eligible for the Visa CPS Small Ticket program. [...]
The “Card-Not-Present” category is for key-entry and E-Commerce Visa sales that meet CPS criteria (including AVS, keying on time, etc). Barring a few exceptions, most merchants are able to receive these interchange rates. Qualifications E-Commerce or Key-enter transaction; If prompted “is card present” answer “no”. Settle within 1 day of shipment date. AVS data is required, [...]
To qualify for the below Visa supermarket rates, your business must be classified as a grocery/supermarket, with an MCC of 5411. Below are the basic qualifications, plus you’ll see each type of card that’s eligible for supermarket rates, along with the associated potential downgrade: Qualifications Only supermarkets/grocery stores are eligible (MCC of 5411) [...]
To qualify for the below restaurant rates, merchants must be classified as a restaurant or quick-service merchant (MCC of 5812 or 5814). Below are the basic qualifications, plus you’ll see each type of card that’s eligible for restaurant rates, along with the associated potential downgrade: Qualifications Be classified as Restaurant (MCC 5812) [...]