surchargeSign

C
: Surcharge amount will be credited to the customer’s account.
D
: Surcharge amount will be debited from the customer’s account.

Visa Platform Connect

Merchants in Canada must include surcharge information in authorization requests for card-present transactions.

Acquirers that have merchants in Canada must support credit/debit surcharge data in the TC 33 capture file:

Record: CP01 TCR8
Position: 13
Field: Surcharge credit/debit indicator

The TC 33 capture file contains information about the payments and credits that a merchant submits to

Cybersource

. The processor creates the TC 33 capture file at the end of the day and sends it to the merchant’s acquirer. The acquirer uses this information to facilitate end-of-day clearing processing with payment networks.

PIN Debit Transactions

If you include this field in the request, you must also include the

surgargeAmount

field.

FDC Nashville Global

US Credit Card Transactions

Surcharge amount can be applied to card-present and card-not-present transactions on payment cards in US.

Prior Approval Required

You must receive prior approval from Fiserv before assessing a surcharge amount. Contact Fiserv to register with the card brands to participate in the surcharge program. You will be required to sign a surcharging contract or addendum with Fiserv.

Worldpay VAP

Prior Notification Required for

Worldpay VAP

The surcharge amount field can only be applied to Visa or Mastercard credit card payments. You must notify the card networks and acquirer of your intent to apply surcharges at least 30 days prior to assessing the surcharges. Contact the

Worldpay VAP

customer service manager to request the surcharge feature.

Worldpay VAP

must enable a flag to process the surcharge field, otherwise the transaction will fail.

Specifications

Data Type:
String
Data Length:
1

Mapping Information

REST API Field:
No corresponding field
SCMP API Field:
surcharge_sign
Simple Order API Field:
surchargeSign