Interchange fee levels

Visa Europe interchange reimbursement fees


These are charged on transactions when a card issued by a Visa Europe member bank is used in another Visa Europe country (visit our who we are page for a list of countries).

Visa Consumer cards


Interchange fees Credit & Deferred Debit Immediate Debit
Contactless Low Value Payment 1 0.50% € 0.06
EMV Chip 0.50% € 0.15
Electronic Authorised (EA) 0.60% € 0.16
Electronic Data Capture (EDC) 0.70% € 0.22
Secure Electronic Commerce 0.50% € 0.15
Card Not Present - CVV2 0.60% € 0.16
Recurring Transaction 0.60% € 0.16
Card Not Present (CNP) 0.70% € 0.22
Standard / Non-Electronic 0.75% € 0.22
Airline 2 0.75% n/a

1 Transaction value below or equal to € 20.00.
2 Consumer Airline transactions are eligible for all other Consumer incentive fees if they meet the qualification criteria.



Visa Commercial cards


Interchange fees Credit & Deferred Debit3 Immediate Debit
Business - EMV Chip 1.30% € 0.60
Business - Electronic Authorised (EA) 1.40% € 0.60
Business - Standard 1.45% € 0.60
Corporate / Purchasing - EMV Chip 1.35% n/a
Corporate / Purchasing - Electronic Authorised (EA) 1.45% n/a
Corporate / Purchasing - Standard 1.50% n/a

3 Transactions submitted with specific additional data are eligible to an incentive of € 0.50, payable by issuer to acquirer on sales transactions.

V PAY cards


Interchange fees Credit & Deferred Debit Immediate Debit
V PAY - Contactless Low Value Payment 4 n/a € 0.06
V PAY - EMV n/a € 0.15
V PAY - Electronic Commerce n/a € 0.15

4 Transaction value below or equal to € 15.00.




Interchange reimbursement fees by country

© Copyright Visa Europe . All rights reserved. Company Registration Number: 05139966, 1 Sheldon Square, London, W2 6TT