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A payment surcharge, also known as checkout fee, is an extra fee charged by a merchant when receiving a payment by cheque, credit card, charge card, debit card or an e-money account, [1] but not cash, which at least covers the cost to the merchant of accepting that means of payment, such as the merchant service fee imposed by a credit card company. [2]
When a business charges a fee for a form of payment, whether in person, online or by phone, it’s called a surcharge. Credit card surcharges are applied when you use your credit card to make a ...
Credit card surcharges are becoming more common, but they’re not legal in every state.
The major credit card fees are for: Membership fees (annual or monthly), sometimes a percentage of the credit limit. Cash advances and convenience cheques (often 3% of the amount) Charges that result in exceeding the credit limit on the card (whether deliberately or by mistake), called over-limit fees
A part of the settlement that allows merchants to charge fees to customers paying via credit card in order to recoup swipe fees took effect on January 27, 2013. Debit cards and transactions in the ten states that prohibit credit-card surcharges will not be affected.
For one, the business has to notify the appropriate credit card associations and clearly disclose that it charges a fee for the use of a credit card. Credit card surcharges can’t exceed the cost ...
Long-suffering businesses have won a big concession from credit card networks Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA): the right to add surcharges on customers who use their cards. But despite warnings that ...
AOL pays extra expenses whenever we process a payment from a checking account, so the fee allows us to continue offering you the option to pay your monthly bill without using a credit card. If you want to avoid paying this fee, you can learn how to change your payment method or go directly to My Account and choose a different payment option ...