Processing Related Fees
Effective March 1st, several of our processing fees will be updated. These adjustments help us continue improving our systems, strengthening security, and maintaining the level of service you rely on.
Please note that these updates vary by account and service type, and not all fees may apply to your account.
You may see updates to one or more of the following fees:
- Discount Rates
- Proc Fee
Card Brand Related Fees
Effective April, 2026, Card Brands announced the following changes:
- Amex is adding small and micro ticket pricing tiers to the Travel and Entertainment & Other industry categories on pricing tables.
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Descriptor |
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T&E MICRO |
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T&E SML TK |
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OTHER MICRO |
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OTHER SML TK |
- Amex will expand the current Program Continuation Fee into three tiers based on the merchants Amex OptBlue volume.
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Transaction Volume (USD) |
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$3,000,000.00 – $15,000,000.00 |
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$15,000,000.01 – $100,000,000.00 |
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≥ $100,000,000.01 |
- Discover will be adjusting the interchange rates for the Hotel/ Car Rental & Passenger Transport categories.
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Descriptor |
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HTL CAR |
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HTL CAR PRM |
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HTL CAR PRMPLUS |
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PSG TRN PRM |
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PSG TRN PRMPLUS |
- Discover is removing Warehouse Clubs, MCC 5300 from the Supermarket and Warehouse interchange program, impacting the following interchange programs, resulting in a qualification and descriptor change:
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Current Plan Descriptor |
New Plan Descriptor |
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SPMK WH RWDS |
SPMK RWDS |
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SPMK WH DB |
SPMK DB |
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SPMK WH PRM |
SPMK PRM |
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SPMK WH |
SPMK |
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SPMK WH PRMPLUS |
SPMK PRMPLUS |
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SPMK WH PPD |
SPMK PPD |
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SPMK WH REG |
SPMK REG |
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SPMK WH REG PPD |
SPMK REG PPD |
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SPMK WH REG |
SPMK REG |
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SPMK WH REG PPD |
SPMK REG PPD |
- Mastercard will increase the rate on the Acquirer Digital Enablement Fee (DGT ENBL MC VOL).
- Visa will introduce a card present token fee for domestic (CP TOKEN-VS) and cross border (CP TOKEN INTL -VS) authorized card-present tokenized transactions, excluding Account Funding Transactions (AFTs) and Original Credit Transactions (OCTs).
- Visa will introduce a new Enhanced Data Program fee (Digital Comm Auth - VS) for Digital Commerce Authentication Program (DCAP) qualified transactions that contain enhanced data (i.e. Device ID, IP Address, Email Address, Billing Address, etc.) sent via 3DS.
- Visa will introduce two new fee programs for Car Rental Agencies (MCCs 3351–3500 & 7512).
- Vehicle Rental Merchant Flexible Extension Program (CAR RNTL FLX EXT- VS) —fee assessed when the settled sale exceeds the total authorized amount by 15% (the fee is assessed only on the overage amount).
- Vehicle Rental Merchant Asset Protection Program (CAR RNTL ASSET PROT- VS) — fee assessed for authorizations in excess of the clearing amount (plus 15%), for authorized amounts of $200.01 or more.
- Visa will increase the Digital Commerce Services, which bills on non-swiped/dipped/tapped authorization requests (fee bills on approved, declined, and zero-dollar authorization requests) and split out international (DGT COM SRV FEE INTL-VS) vs. domestic (DGT COM SRV FEE-VS).
- Visa will increase the Visa Integrity Fees for Non-US Issued cards (XAUTH DCL-VS INTL) and (CAT1 DCL VS INTL).
- Visa will introduce new interchange programs applicable to Visa Consumer card not present token and/or DCAP credit transaction.
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Descriptor |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT1A |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT10 |
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CNP DCAP RT11 |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT12 |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT13 |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT14 |
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CNP DCAP RT15 |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT16 |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT17 |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT18 |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT19 |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT20 |
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CNP DCAP RT21 |
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CNP TKN RT22 |
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CNP DCAP RT23 |
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CNP DCAP RT24 |
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CNP TKN RT25 |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT26 |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT27 |
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CNP DCAP RT28 |
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CNP TKN RT29 |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT31 |
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CNP TKN DCAP SMB PRD1 RT32 |
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CNP DCAP RT33 |
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CNP TKN SMB PRD1 RT34 |
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CNP DCAP RT35 |
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CNP TKN DCAP PRD1 RT36 |
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CNP DCAP RT37 |
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CNP TKN RT38 |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT39 |
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CNP TKN DCAP RT40 |
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CNP TKN DCAP GOV RT41 |
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CNP DCAP GOV RT42 |
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CNP DCAP CHAR RT43 |
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CNP TKN DCAP PRD1 RT45 |
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CNP DCAP PRD1 RT46 |
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CNP TKN PRD1 RT47 |
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CNP TKN DCAP PRD1 RT48 |
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CNP DCAP PRD1 RT49 |
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CNP TKN PRD1 RT50 |
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CNP DCAP PRD1 RT51 |
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CNP TKN PRD1 RT52 |
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CNP TKN DCAP PRD1 RT53 |
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CNP DCAP PRD1 RT54 |
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CNP TKN PRD1 RT55 |
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CNP TKN SMB PRD1 RT61 |
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CNP TKN SMB PRD1 RT62 |
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CNP TKN SMB PRD1 RT63 |
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CNP DCAP SMB PRD1 RT64 |
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CNP DCAP SMB PRD1 RT65 |
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CNP TKN DCAP SMB PRD1 RT66 |
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CNP TKN DCAP SMB PRD1 RT67 |