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At the risk of being dense, are you sure you're not talking about debit cards? I've never seen interchange fees lower than about 1% for credit cards. In what I read from the Durbin Amendment, I've only found the specific numbers you mentioned in reference to debit cards.

If I'm wrong, I want the name of your merchant processor!



I am most definitely talking about debit cards. I said "fee for charging a debit/check card". They make up 25% of my online processing volume despite being a mostly B2B business. They're probably more than 25% of Stripe's volume.

Visa interchange fees: http://usa.visa.com/download/merchants/Visa-USA-Interchange-...

A screenshot of a transaction report at my processor: http://i.imgur.com/fSycwUS.png

Feel free to e-mail me if you'd like any other clarification or information. It's in my profile.


Whoops, you did say that, way back in the first post in our thread. Sorry, I've been focused on credit cards — all is clear now. I hadn't thought at all about that wrinkle of Stripe.

I suppose it's (only partially) balanced by the higher AMEX, etc fees.




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