Payment Acceptance Costs
There are three types of fees incurred when accepting credit and debit card payments. These fees do not include any potential equipment charges or gateway fees for online payments.
UW Merchant Fee
Charged monthly from Merchant Services
- Transaction Fee: $0.16 per transaction
- Volume Fee: 0.16% (Example: If $100.00 is collected, the fee on that $100.00 would be $0.16.)
Credit and Debit Card Fees
Charged by FiServ/KeyBank
Interchange Fees
Interchange fees are a percentage charged between the card brands (VISA, MasterCard, etc) and our merchant processor for accepting debit and credit cards. At the UW this fee averages 2.25% , but the range can be between 1.9% and 4.0%. The interchange is based on whether the card is debit or credit, and the services associated with the card, such as points versus no points.
American Express (AMEX) has a fixed interchange fee of 2.15%.
Processor Transaction Fees
- Fiserv - Visa/MasterCard/Discover/AmEx: $.0175 per transaction
ACH (e-Check/webcheck) Fees
(Only available on the TouchNet E-Commerce Platform)
- $.50 ACH processor fee
- $5.00 ACH processor return check fee
Additional Fees
Authorize.net
- $10.00 Monthly fee
- $0.10 Transaction fee
- $0.10 Batch Settlement fee
Canvas Catalog
- $1,202.00 Catalog Annual Fee
- $3.06 - $12.45 Per Learner/Enrollment Annual Fees
CardConnect
- $10.00 Monthly fee
- $0.03 Transaction fee
Cvent
- Cvent fees are assessed per registrant, per event:
- $4.25 Platform Usage Fee
- $7.00 Attendee Hub/Event App (optional)
Mazevo
- Payment Package: $11,220.00 Annual Fee
- Basic Package: $8,160.00 Annual Fee
TouchNet Event Sites
- Free events: $250 one-time set-up fee
- Events with an admission fee: no cost
One-Time Payments & Workday Invoice Payments
- 3.5% fee based on volume of the transaction
Stripe Fees (when available)
(OMS is working on integrating Stripe with WorkDay)
Stripe Credit Cards
- 2.4% Credit card fee
- $0.32 transaction fee
- 1.5% International Card fee
- $15 Card Dispute Received/Countered Fee
Stripe ACH
- 0.8% ACH fee