CPS Rewards 2 and Signature Preferred CNP – Visa Interchange

CPS Rewards 2 is the Visa interchange category that is used to calculate the interchange fee for card-not-present transactions and keyed card-present transactions involving a credit card or regulated debit card that produces rewards for the cardholder, such as cash back, or airline miles.

CPS/Retail Credit – Visa Consumer Interchange

CPS Retail is the Visa interchange category that is used to calculate the interchange fee for card-present transactions when a traditional consumer credit card (instead of rewards, business or government cards) is used and the customer’s signature is obtained.

Visa Signature Preferred Retail

Signature Preferred Retail is the Visa interchange category that is used to calculate the interchange fee for card-present transactions involving a credit card that produces rewards for the cardholder.

CPS/Card Not Present – Visa Consumer Credit Interchange

The CPS Card Not Present interchange category that is used to calculate the interchange fee for card-not-present transactions involving a payment made with a traditional consumer credit card (instead of rewards, business or government cards) taken by mail or over the phone. 

5 Benefits of Credit Card Processing Integrated with Your POS System

All of these are important questions to ask. At a certain point, you may face a choice: Do I invest in a stand-alone system that works with other processors or an all-in-one platform that has credit card processing integrated within? We want to help make that choice as easy as possible, so we’ve compiled some …

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Authorize.Net Credit Card Processing Fees – Get It Elsewhere

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Authorize.net is a great gateway provider, but it’s not a credit card processor. It actually farms out its credit card processing to its parent company, CyberSource. It also charges higher fees for its gateway than some of its resellers. That means you can use Authorize, but get it (at lower prices!) through one of its …

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Tennessee’s Credit Card Processing Fee Disclosure Law

The law (SB0316) requires that merchant service providers not owned by a bank calculate and list the effective rate for credit card processing on each monthly statement. What does this mean for Tennessee businesses and are businesses in other states affected? Information provided in this article is for reference only. If you need legal advice …

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