Credit Card Processing
Effective Rates
Product Knowledge
Must Knows
Misc
100

What is Interchange

Federally regulated price set by card issuers to apply a % rate on every individual card based on the card's risk grade

100
Merchant has a HAT, mostly Card Present, mostly credit, what is the expected RATE RANGE for merchant?

1.69-1.87%

100

What is dual pricing

A program that legally allows a merchant to offer a different price for cash and card payments, offering a discount for paying with cash 

100

Cost of Rewards 1

1.76%

100

Who are Celero's main competitors (list at least 2, parent organizations only)

FiServ, Global, FiS, Square

200

What is a Basis Point

1/100th of a %, used as a form of processing fee that charges a business to run electronic payments

200

Merchant has a HAT, mostly Card Present, mostly debit, what is the expected RATE RANGE for merchant?

1.39-1.79%

200

What product can deliver payment ability for merchants out in the field?

Mobile solution

200

Cost of Retail Tier 1

1.54%

200

What is an effective rate and how is it calculated?

A merchant's average cost per transaction, fees divided by volume

300

What are the 4 main forms of pricing structures?

Interchange Plus, Tiered, Flat Rate, Flat Rate with Full Surcharge

300

Merchant has a LAT, what is the expected RATE RANGE for merchant?

2.5-3.5%

300

What is the name of Celero's Field Service software?

RazorSync

300

High Average Ticket, Low-Medium Transaction Count, 50%+ Card Present

1.69-1.87%

300

How do you find out a merchant's average ticket? (ie. math formula)

Total card sales divided by total transactions

400

Explain Durbin Debit

Part of Frank-Dodd act, regulated the rates a bank with over $10 billion dollars in assest is allowed to charge on debit cards.

400

What are Square's fixed rates (3 rates)?

2.6% + $0.10 - swiped

3.5% + $0.15 - keyed

2.9% + $0.30 - invoiced

400

What product can deliver an invoice to a client?

Gateway

400

High Average Ticket, Low-Medium Transaction Count if 50%+ Keyed

1.9-2.3%

400

How do you figure out a merchant's per transaction fee if not explicitly listed? (ie. math formula)

Total Transaction Fees charged divide by total transactions

500

What are the 3 aspects of Credit Card Processing that go into what a merchant pays for in terms of overall merchant processing fees?

Interchange, Pass-thru Fees, Processing Fees

500

Merchant has a HAT, 60% Keyed, mostly debit. What is the expected Rate for merchant?

1.9%

500

What are 4 models of terminals that Celero sells?

Dejavoo, Ingenico, PAX, Clover, Swipe Simple, iProcess, Magtek

500

Difference between Retail Key Entry and Card Not Present

Consumer is present, but card is not read via Swipe, Dip, or NFC. Card Not Present has transaction ran without customer present with card in hand

500

What is the difference between an integrated and non-integrated software solution?

Integrated has card processing tied into the software, non-integrated takes payments outside of software.