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What convenience fees are Convenience fees are charges levied for the privilege of paying for a product or service using an alternative payment channel, or a payment method that is not standard for the merchant.Movie theaters, for example, typically sell tickets face-to-face in the box office.o technically, you're not paying for using your credit card, but for the privilege of using the pay-by-phone option. Card issuers' policies vary. When it comes to convenience fees, different card processing networks have different policies.
ACH and echeck) for merchant location. BEST PRACTICES FOR MERCHANT USE OF CONVENIENCE FEES: Merchants are prohibited by card association rules from billing consumers a fee for using a credit card.This is considered surcharging. merchant may register for the MC program without registering for the Visa Utility a Effective July 1, 2006 through March 31, 2008, MasterCard is undertaking a convenience fee pilot for a select number of pre-certified government and education entities or their third party agents.