Interchange helps maximise the value delivered to all stakeholders
Retailers
Retailers benefit from guaranteed payment, increased sales and lower processing costs than those associated with paper payments such as cash and checks. Electronic payments also provide them with the ability to attract and retain customers with a fast and efficient buying experience.
Governments
Governments experience significant efficiencies while promoting financial inclusion when they distribute social benefits, collect receivables and enable services via electronic payments.
- Electronic payments help safeguard against waste, fraud and abuse
- Using electronic payments to deliver social benefits is more efficient and secure
- Black and grey economies fueled by untraceable and untaxable cash payments flourish where electronic payments use is low
Consumers
Convenience and safety, increased opportunity for financial inclusion, access to rewards and incentives and the choice of thousands of innovative credit, debit and prepaid payment products are among the many benefits consumers derive from electronic payments.
- Payments allow consumers to access money whenever and wherever they want
- Interchange makes it possible for issuers to provide consumers with interest-free periods on credit cards
- Electronic payments provide consumers with a more secure and efficient way to pay - whether in-person, online or in-app
The benefits that interchange delivers to all parties
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Consumers
Consumers
Consumers derive significant value from electronic payments including convenience and safety when they make a purchase, increased opportunity for financial inclusion, access to rewards or incentives and the choice of thousands of debit, credit and prepaid payment products.
Retailers
Retailers
Retailers benefit from guaranteed payment; increased sales; fraud protection; lower processing costs than those associated with other forms of payment such as checks and cash; and the ability to attract and retain customers with a fast, efficient buying experience.
Issuers
Issuers
By receiving interchange fees from the retailer’s bank, issuers are able to bear the risks and costs associated with extending electronic payments to their customers.
Governments
Governments
Governments experience significant efficiencies and promote financial inclusion for their citizens when they choose to distribute social benefits and other programmes via electronic payments.
Society
Society
Electronic payments are often the point of entry for new consumers to a formal financial ecosystem. By incentivising issuers to create innovative payment programmes, interchange helps encourage financial inclusion for consumers who could not otherwise participate.
Mastercard Consumer Card Interchange Fees
(below table is a compilation of detailed information reported in the European Interchange Manual in date of December 9th 2015. In case of discrepancy, the European Interchange Manual prevails)
Fee tier | Mastercard Consumer Credit | Mastercard Consumer Debit Debit Mastercard Consumer Mastercard Consumer Prepaid |
---|---|---|
PayPass | 0.30% | 0.20% |
MasterPass Wallet | 0.30% | 0.20% |
Chip | 0.30% | 0.20% |
Enhanced Electronic | 0.30% | 0.20% |
Merchant UCAF | 0.30% | 0.20% |
Full UCAF | 0.30% | 0.20% |
Base | 0.30% | 0.20% |
Mastercard Commercial Card Interchange Fees
(below table is a compilation of detailed information reported in the European Interchange Manual in date of December 9th 2015. In case of discrepancy, the European Interchange Manual prevails)
Fee tier | Mastercard Corporate, Mastercard Electronic Corporate | Mastercard BusinessCard, Mastercard Electronic BusinessCard, Mastercard Professional Card, Mastercard Prepaid Commercial | Mastercard Fleet Card | Mastercard Purchasing Card |
---|---|---|---|---|
MasterPass Wallet | 1.60% | 1.35% | 1.35% | 1.35% |
Chip | 1.50% | 1.25% | 1.25% | 1.25% |
Enhanced Electronic | 1.60% | 1.35% | 1.35% | 1.35% |
Merchant UCAF (*) | 1.60% | 1.35% | 1.35% | 1.35% |
Full UCAF (*) | 1.75% | 1.50% | 1.50% | 1.50% |
Base | 1.90% | 1.65% | 1.65% | 1.65% |
Large Ticket Level 1 (**) | N.A. | N.A. | 1.00% + 20.00 € | 1.00% + 20.00 € |
Large Ticket Level 2 (***) | N.A. | N.A. | 0.75% + 45.00 € | 0.75% + 45.00 € |
Incentive (****) | -0.30% | -0.30% | -0.30% | -0.50€ |
(*) Applicable only through the use of Mastercard SecureCode® via Universal Cardholder Authentication Field (UCAF) authentication.
(**) Applicable to transactions over 3,000 €. The enriched data incentive is not applicable.
(***) Applicable to transactions over 10,000 €. The enriched data incentive is not applicable.
(****) If the acquirer meets the requirements and provides the required additional data, Mastercard will calculate the fee amount by deducting the incentive rate from the applicable interchange. Incentive not applicable to PayPass, Large Ticket Level 1 and Large Ticket Level 2.
The following table shows the associated requirements for each of the interchange tiers.
Mastercard Interchange tiers | Transaction type | Card | Terminal | PIN verification (face-to-face) | SecureCode (e-commerce) | Transaction amt limit | Timeliness (*) |
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MasterPass Wallet | |||||||
PayPass | Face-to-face | Contactless M/Chip | Contactless | N.A. | N.A. | <= 25 € | <= 4 days |
Chip | Face-to-face | No | EMV | No | N.A. | No | <= 4 days |
Enhanced Electronic | Face-to-face | No | Mag stripe | No | N.A. | No | <= 4 days |
Merchant UCAF | E-commerce | No | N.A. | N.A. | Merchant | No | <= 4 days |
Full UCAF | E-commerce | No | N.A. | N.A. | Issuer & Merchant | No | <= 4 days |
Base | All | No | No | No | N.A. | No | N.A. |
Large Ticket Level 1 | All | No | No | No | N.A. | >3,000 € | <= 4 days |
Large Ticket Level 2 | All | No | No | No | N.A. | >10,000 € | <= 4 days |
(*)Timeliness: Days between the presentation of the clearing record to Mastercard and the transaction date.
Maestro Interchange Fees
(below table is a compilation of detailed information reported in the European Interchange Manual in date of December 9th 2015. In case of discrepancy, the European Interchange Manual prevails)
Fee tier | Maestro Consumer Maestro Consumer Prepaid | Maestro Prepaid Commercial | Maestro Small Business |
---|---|---|---|
MasterPass Wallet | 0.20% | 1.50% | 1.50% |
PayPass | 0.20% | 0.45% + €0.05 | 0.80% |
Chip | 0.20% | 0.40% + €0.05 | 1.25% |
Chip - Late Presentment | 0.20% | 0.75% + €0.05 | 1.65% |
PIN-verified | 0.20% | 0.50% + €0.05 | 1.35% |
Signature Verified | 0.20% | 0.75% + €0.05 | 1.65% |
Secure E-commerce | 0.20% | 1.05% + €0.05 | 1.50% |
Mail Order/Telephone Order | 0.20% | 1.05% + €0.05 | 1.50% |
The following table shows the associated requirements for each of the interchange tiers.
Mastercard Interchange tiers | Transaction type | Card | Terminal | PIN verification (face-to-face) | SecureCode (e-commerce) | Transaction amt limit | Timeliness (*) |
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MasterPass Wallet | |||||||
PayPass | Face-to-face | Contactless M/Chip | Contactless (EMV) | N.A. | N.A. | <= 25 € | <= 5 days |
Chip | Face-to-face | No | EMV | No | N.A. | No | <= 5 days |
Chip - Late Presentment | Face-to-face | No | EMV | No | N.A. | No | N.A. |
PIN-verified | Face-to-face | No | No | PIN | N.A. | No | N.A. |
Signature Verified | Face-to-face | No | No | No (Signature) | N.A. | No | N.A. |
Secure E-commerce | E-commerce | No | N.A. | N.A. | Merchant & Issuer | No | N.A. |
Mail Order/Telephone Order | MO/TO | No | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | No | N.A. |
(*)Timeliness: Days between the presentation of the clearing record to Mastercard and the transaction date.
Mastercard Consumer Card Purchase at ATM Interchange Fees
Fee tier | Mastercard Consumer Credit | Mastercard Consumer Debit, Debit Mastercard Consumer, Mastercard Consumer Prepaid |
---|---|---|
Purchase at ATM | 0.30% | 0.20% |
Purchase at ATM (late presentment) | 0.30% | 0.20% |
Mastercard Commercial Card Purchase at ATM Interchange Fees
Fee tier | Mastercard Corporate, Mastercard Electronic Corporate | Mastercard Corporate, Mastercard Electronic Corporate | Mastercard Fleet Card | Mastercard Purchasing Card |
---|---|---|---|---|
Purchase at ATM | 1.50% | 1.25% | 1.25% | 1.25% |
Purchase at ATM - Late Presentment | 1.90% | 1.65% | 1.65% | 1.65% |
Maestro Purchase at ATM Interchange Fees
Fee tier | Maestro Consumer, Maestro Consumer Prepaid | Maestro Prepaid Commercial | Maestro Small Business |
---|---|---|---|
Purchase at ATM | 0.20% | 0.40% + €0.025 | 1.25% |
Purchase at ATM (late presentment) | 0.20% | 0.75% + €0.025 | 1.65% |
The following table shows the associated requirements for each of the Purchase at ATM interchange tiers.
Mastercard Interchange tiers | Transaction type | Card | Terminal | PIN verification (face-to-face) | SecureCode (e-commerce) | Transaction amt limit | Timeliness (*) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Purchase at ATM | Purchase at ATM | No | CAT Level 1 | No | N.A. | No | <= 4 days |
Purchase at ATM - Late Presentment | Purchase at ATM | No | CAT Level 1 | No | N.A. | No | N.A. |
(*)Timeliness: Days between the presentation of the clearing record to Mastercard and the transaction date.