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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.
Participants in the pilot program will be permitted to charge a differentiated convenience fee on MasterCard transactions than is charged for EFT and echecks. Participants are entities classified in MCCs 8211, 8220, 9211, 9222, 9311, and 9399. merchant that charges a Convenience Fee must ensure that the fee is: o Charged for a bona fide convenience in the form of an alternative payment channel outside the merchant's customary payment channels o Disclosed to the Cardholder as a charge for the alternative payment channel convenience.