Visa Interchange Rates

Visa Interchange Rates

Visa is one of the most commonly held and accepted credit cards in the US, Canada and the world. By accepting Visa, your customers can pay in-person, by phone and online. PuroPayment makes it easier and more affordable for your business to accept Visa cards so you can offer your customers a fast, reliable and secure method of payment. We display Visa's Interchange rates on our website as part of our transparent Interchange pricing.


What is the Visa Interchange?

Interchange is the fee collected by the customer's credit card bank (the Visa card-issuer) on every transaction. These rates are set by Visa every year and apply to all processors. In other words, this is the true cost that the processor has to pay on every transaction. The interchange rates are part of our Interchange pricing. The tables below provide a breakdown of the current Visa interchange rates.<br><br><div><br></div>


Current Visa Canada Interchange Rates


Card-Type Interchange Rate
Card-Present
Swipe/Chip Consumer 1.420 %
Swipe/Chip Infinite 1.610 %
Swipe/Chip Corporate 1.900 %
Swipe/Chip Infinite Privilege 2.080 %
Keyed
Keyed Consumer 1.520 %
Keyed Infinite 1.710 %
Keyed Corporate 2.000 %
Keyed Infinite Privilege 2.450 %
Recurring Payments
Recurring Consumer 1.370 %
Recurring Infinite 1.560 %
Recurring Corporate 1.850 %
Recurring Infinite Privilege 1.950 %
Emerging Markets / Charities
Swipe/Chip/Keyed Consumer 0.980 %
Swipe/Chip/Keyed Infinite 1.170 %
Swipe/Chip/Keyed Corporate 1.800 %
Swipe/Chip/Keyed Infinite Privilege 1.950 %
Gas and Service Stations
Swipe/Chip Consumer 1.170 %
Swipe/Chip Infinite 1.370 %
Swipe/Chip Corporate 1.800 %
Swipe/Chip Infinite Privilege 1.950 %
Groceries and Supermarkets
Swipe/Chip Consumer 1.330 %
Swipe/Chip Infinite 1.520 %
Swipe/Chip Corporate 1.850 %
Swipe/Chip Infinite Privilege 1.950 %
Level 2 Data
Corporate & Purchasing 1.600 %
Fuel Purchasing Cards 1.800 %
Level 3 Data
Corporate & Purchasing 1.400 %
Large Ticket $7,000 - $15,000 1.300% + $35 %
Large Ticket $15,000 - $50,000 1.200% + $35 %
Large Ticket $50,000+ 1.100% + $35 %

(Debit) Card-Type Interchange Rate
Card-Present
Debit Retail 0.250 % + 5¢
Debit Grocery 0.150 % + 5¢
Debit Gas Station 0.150 % + 5¢
Keyed
Debit Keyed 0.150 %
Emerging Markets / Charities
Debit Emerging Market 0.300 %
Recurring Payments
Debit Recurring 0.600 %

Assessments and Association Fees
Visa Card-Brand 0.1017 %
Visa International Cross-Border - Card-Present (CAD) 0.4520 %
Visa International Cross-Border - Keyed (CAD) 0.9605 %
Visa International Cross-Border (USD) 0.9020 %

<div>*PST is charged to the acquirer/processor on network card-brand, association and cross-border fees. Visa listed card-brand fees is 0.080% respectively. Because this is an absorbed cost by the acquirer who are not allowed to claim ITCs in Canada, the PST on the card-brand fee cannot be used as an ITC by the merchant. Does not apply to interchange, per transaction or cost+ fees. Below are list to the official Visa and MasterCard interchange tables.</div><div><div></div></div>