Charitable Organization Processing Services

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Charitable and Social Service Organizations can benefit from

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Charitable and Social Service Organizations can benefit from

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and its credit card processing solution specifically designed for that type of organization. In addition to the great service and targeted focus of HMS processing solutions, there is a great

low rate designed just for these organizations.

Visa introduced the Consumer Credit Card Charity Interchange Rate Program for charitable organizations in October 2011–– which specifically only refers to organizations with the Merchant Category Code (MCC) of 8398, Charitable and Social Service Organizations – Fundraising.

The interchange rate for this program is 1.35% + $0.05.

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Processing requirements for this program will be the same as those for the current CPS Retail 2 Program (the previous interchange program that was available to charitable contributions):
low rate designed just for these organizations.

Visa introduced the Consumer Credit Card Charity Interchange Rate Program for charitable organizations in October 2011–– which specifically only refers to organizations with the Merchant Category Code (MCC) of 8398, Charitable and Social Service Organizations – Fundraising.

  • Transaction can be full magnetic stripe read or key-entered.
  • Transaction settled within 1 day of authorization, authorization response data included in settled transaction.
  • Transaction must be from the MCC 8938.
  • Integration with high-risk gateways
  • 24/7 expert support
That’s it! Download our quick reference guide here.
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