Credit Card Processing Glossary

General:  Visa Consumer Credit - CPS/Utility

  • For Visa consumer debit cards
  • Visa offers a lower rate to encourage utilities to accept credit cards, since they historically have collected fees via check
  • Only applies to Utilities (MCC = 4900)
  • Transactions that would otherwise qualify for the following categories CPS Retail, CPS Retail Key Entry, CPS Card Not Present, CPS Electronic Commerce Basic, CPS Electronic Commerce Preferred – Retail can achieve this rate

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