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Processing fee

Also called: Merchant fee, Card fee, Surcharge

The cut the card networks and your payment processor keep from every card transaction. Whether you may add it back onto the customer's bill as a surcharge is restricted in some countries, provinces and states, and separately restricted by the agreement you signed with the card networks, so the answer depends both on where you are and on who processes for you. Building the cost into your rates avoids the question entirely.

This one depends on where you work

The rule behind processing fee is set by the province or state the work is in, and the versions do not agree with one another. We have described the shape of it and deliberately not named a deadline, a cap or a percentage — check the rule where you work, or ask someone who practises there.

In FieldQuo — Get paid by card

FieldQuo takes card payments through your own connected account, so the processing terms are between you and your processor.

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