Interchange fees

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Learn more about their purpose and rates.

Interchange fees

Interchange fees are payable between the retailer (known as a self-Acquirer) or the retailers’ financial institution (known as the Acquirer) and the cardholder’s bank or financial institution (known as the Issuer).

Interchange fees:

Create a simple regime to underpin and strengthen eftpos’ competitiveness
Support investment in key enhancements to eftpos products
Support initiatives designed to increase eftpos functionality, and enhance digital payments security

Categories	Standard	DIFR 1	DIFR 2	DIFR 3	Strategic Rate 1	Strategic Rate 2
Dual Network Debit Cards
Charity	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Medicare EasyClaim Refund	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
In-Store Card <= $10 > $10	$0.01 $0.04	$0.01 $0.01	$0.01 $0.02	$0.01 $0.03	$0.02 $0.02	$0.01 $0.04
In-Store Mobile (Tokenised Contactless) <= $10 > $10	$0.02 $0.07	$0.01 $0.01	$0.01 $0.04	$0.02 $0.06	$0.02 $0.02	$0.02 $0.07
Card Not Present <= $100 > $100 Recurring	$0.10 0.12% $0.06	$0.01 $0.01 $0.01	$0.10 $0.10 $0.03	$0.10 $0.10 $0.05	$0.10 0.12% $0.06	$0.03 $0.03 $0.03
Card Not Present (eftpos 3DS or Tokenised) <= $5 $5 <= $100 > $100 Recurring > $5	$0.005 $0.04 0.10% $0.04	$0.005 $0.01 $0.01 $0.01	$0.005 $0.01 $0.02 $0.02	$0.005 $0.02 $0.06 $0.03	$0.005 $0.04 0.10% $0.04	$0.03 $0.03 $0.03 $0.03
Purchase with Cash Out Cash-out portion Purchase portion	$0.00 $0.04	-$0.20 $0.01	-$0.165 $0.02	$0.00 $0.03	$0.00 $0.02	$0.00 $0.04
Cash Out Only	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Transfers	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045

Categories	Standard	DIFR 1	DIFR 2	DIFR 3	Strategic Rate 1	Strategic Rate 2
Single Network Debit Cards
Charity	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Medicare EasyClaim Refund	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
In-Store Card <= $10 > $10	$0.05 $0.10	$0.01 $0.01	$0.02 $0.04	$0.03 $0.06	$0.05 $0.10	$0.05 $0.10
In-Store Mobile (Tokenised Contactless) <= $10 > $10	$0.05 $0.10	$0.01 $0.01	$0.02 $0.04	$0.03 $0.06	$0.05 $0.10	$0.05 $0.10
Purchase with Cash Out Cash-out portion Purchase portion	$0.00 $0.10	-$0.20 $0.01	-$0.165 $0.04	$0.00 $0.06	$0.00 $0.10	$0.00 $0.10
Cash Out Only	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Transfers	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045

Categories	Standard	DIFR 1	DIFR 2	DIFR 3	Strategic Rate 1	Strategic Rate 2
Prepaid Cards
Charity	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Medicare EasyClaim Refund	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
In-Store Card <= $10 > $10	$0.05 $0.10	$0.01 $0.01	$0.02 $0.04	$0.03 $0.06	$0.05 $0.10	$0.05 $0.10
In-Store Mobile (Tokenised Contactless) <= $10 > $10	$0.05 $0.10	$0.01 $0.01	$0.02 $0.04	$0.03 $0.06	$0.05 $0.10	$0.05 $0.10
Card Not Present <= $100 > $100	$0.10 0.12%	$0.01 $0.01	$0.10 $0.10	$0.10 $0.10	$0.10 0.12%	$0.10 0.12%
Card Not Present (eftpos 3DS or Tokenised) <= $5 $5 <= $100 > $100 Recurring > $5	$0.005 $0.04 0.10% $0.04	$0.005 $0.01 $0.01 $0.01	$0.005 $0.02 $0.05 $0.02	$0.005 $0.03 $0.08 $0.03	$0.005 $0.04 0.10% $0.04	$0.005 $0.04 0.10% $0.04
Purchase with Cash Out Cash-out portion Purchase portion	$0.00 $0.10	-$0.20 $0.02	-$0.165 $0.04	$0.00 $0.06	$0.00 $0.10	$0.00 $0.10
Cash Out Only	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Transfers	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045
Notes: Interchange Fees are not payable for Refunds and Declines.

Categories	Legacy 1	Legacy 2	Legacy 3	Legacy 4	Legacy 5	Legacy 6	Legacy 7	Legacy 8	Legacy 9	Legacy 10
Dual Network Debit Cards
Charity	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Medicare EasyClaim Refund	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
In-Store Card <= $10 > $10	$0.04 $0.04	$0.01 $0.01	$0.02 $0.02	$0.02 $0.02	$0.01 $0.01	$0.02 $0.02	$0.02 $0.02	$0.02 $0.02	$0.03 $0.03	$0.02 $0.02
In-Store Mobile (Tokenised Contactless) <= $10 > $10	$0.08 $0.08	$0.02 $0.02	$0.04 $0.04	$0.04 $0.04	$0.04 $0.04	$0.08 $0.08	$0.06 $0.06	$0.08 $0.08	$0.08 $0.08	$0.06 $0.06
Card Not Present <= $100 > $100 Recurring	$0.04 $0.04 $0.04	$0.01 $0.01 $0.01	$0.02 $0.02 $0.02	0.15% 0.15% 0.15%	$0.01 $0.01 $0.01	$0.02 $0.02 $0.02	$0.02 $0.02 $0.02	0.15% 0.15% 0.15%	$0.03 $0.03 $0.03	$0.02 $0.02 $0.02
Card Not Present (eftpos 3DS or Tokenised) <= $5 $5 <= $100 > $100 Recurring > $5	$0.04 $0.04 $0.04 $0.04	$0.01 $0.01 $0.01 $0.01	$0.02 $0.02 $0.02 $0.02	0.15% 0.15% 0.15% 0.15%	$0.01 $0.01 $0.01 $0.01	$0.02 $0.02 $0.02 $0.02	$0.02 $0.02 $0.02 $0.02	0.15% 0.15% 0.15% 0.15%	$0.03 $0.03 $0.03 $0.03	$0.02 $0.02 $0.02 $0.02
Purchase with Cash Out Cash-out portion Purchase portion	$0.00 $0.02	-$0.20 $0.02	-$0.165 $0.02	$0.00 $0.02	$0.00 $0.02	$0.00 $0.02	$0.00 $0.02	$0.00 $0.02	$0.00 $0.02	$0.00 $0.02
Cash Out Only	$0.00	-$0.165	-$0.10	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Transfers	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045

Categories	Legacy 1	Legacy 2	Legacy 3	Legacy 4	Legacy 5	Legacy 6	Legacy 7	Legacy 8	Legacy 9	Legacy 10
Single Network Debit Cards
Charity	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Medicare EasyClaim Refund	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
In-Store Card <= $10 > $10	$0.06 $0.06	$0.015 $0.015	$0.03 $0.03	$0.045 $0.045	$0.015 $0.015	$0.06 $0.06	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A
In-Store Mobile (Tokenised Contactless) <= $10 > $10	$0.08 $0.08	$0.02 $0.02	$0.04 $0.04	$0.06 $0.06	$0.04 $0.04	$0.06 $0.06	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A
Purchase with Cash Out Cash-out portion Purchase portion	$0.00 $0.02	-$0.20 $0.02	-$0.165 $0.02	$0.00 $0.02	$0.00 $0.02	$0.00 $0.02	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A
Cash Out Only	$0.00	-$0.165	-$0.10	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Transfers	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Categories	Legacy 1	Legacy 2	Legacy 3	Legacy 4	Legacy 5	Legacy 6	Legacy 7	Legacy 8	Legacy 9	Legacy 10
Prepaid Cards
Charity	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Medicare EasyClaim Refund	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
In-Store Card <= $10 > $10	$0.08 $0.08	$0.02 $0.02	$0.04 $0.04	$0.06 $0.06	$0.04 $0.04	$0.08 $0.08	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A
In-Store Mobile (Tokenised Contactless) <= $10 > $10	$0.08 $0.08	$0.02 $0.02	$0.04 $0.04	$0.06 $0.06	$0.04 $0.04	$0.08 $0.08	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A
Card Not Present <= $100 > $100	$0.08 $0.08	$0.02 $0.02	$0.04 $0.04	$0.06 $0.06	0.15% 0.15%	0.15% 0.15%	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A
Card Not Present (eftpos 3DS or Tokenised) <= $5 $5 <= $100 > $100 Recurring > $5	$0.08 $0.08 $0.08 $0.08	$0.02 $0.02 $0.02 $0.02	$0.04 $0.04 $0.04 $0.04	$0.06 $0.06 $0.06 $0.06	0.15% 0.15% 0.15% 0.15%	0.15% 0.15% 0.15% 0.15%	N/A N/A N/A N/A	N/A N/A N/A N/A	N/A N/A N/A N/A	N/A N/A N/A N/A
Purchase with Cash Out Cash-out portion Purchase portion	$0.00 $0.02	-$0.20 $0.02	-$0.165 $0.02	$0.00 $0.02	$0.00 $0.02	$0.00 $0.02	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A
Cash Out Only	$0.00	-$0.165	-$0.10	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Transfers	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	$0.045	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Notes: Interchange Fees are not payable for Refunds and Declines.

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Interchange fees

Discover the most important information about interchange fees.
Learn more about their purpose and rates.