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Fee Change Summary

TD Merchant Solutions (TDMS) is committed to keeping you informed of changes that may affect the fees and rates you pay on your Merchant Account.

To help you better understand these changes, select the applicable tabs below for the full details of what's changing, as well as the effective dates of the changes. These changes will appear on the first TDMS statement you receive after the effective date.

You may also view previously communicated and implemented changes by selecting each of the links below.

Interac

Mastercard

Visa

TD Merchant
Solutions

Expand April 1, 2024 Rate Changes

Interac Direct Payment (IDP) Assessment Fee

Effective April 1, 2024, Interac is decreasing its Assessment Fee by $0.0017 for all Interac transactions. If applicable, the decrease will appear in the INTERAC DIRECT PAYMENT (IDP) ASSESSMENT FEE line on your April statement (delivered in May 2024).

Expand November 1, 2023 Rate Changes

Change to Flash Contactless Tier 1 Program

Effective November 1, 2023, Interac will include Merchant Category Code (MCC) 4784 (Toll Roads/Bridges) under the Flash Contactless Tier 1 program of $0.02 per debit contactless transactions. If applicable, these changes will appear on your November 2023 statement (delivered in December 2023).

Expand April 1, 2023 Rate Changes

Change to the Interac Assessment Fee

Effective April 1, 2023, Interac is increasing its Assessment Fee by $0.0039 for all Interac transactions. If applicable, the increase will appear in the INTERAC DIRECT PAYMENT (IDP) ASSESSMENT FEE line on your April statement (to be delivered in May 2023).

Expand July 2024 Rate Changes

Mastercard Enterprise Solution Wholesale Travel Program NEW Product Codes and Interchange Rates

Effective July 1, 2024, Mastercard is introducing NEW product codes and interchange rates for the Mastercard Enterprise Solution Wholesale Travel program. If applicable, these changes will appear on your July 2024 statement (delivered in August 2024). The following table outlines the new product codes and interchange rates. For more information on this interchange program type (e.g., B2B Product 18, etc.), please visit mastercard.ca.

Interchange Program Type Rate
B2B Product 18 1.45%
B2B Product 19 1.35%

Expand October / November 2023 Rate Changes

Mastercard Enterprise Solution Wholesale Travel Program

Effective October 11, 2023, Mastercard is introducing NEW product codes and interchange rates for the Mastercard Enterprise Solution Wholesale Travel program. If applicable, these changes will appear on your October 2023 statement (delivered in November 2023). The following table outlines the new codes and interchange rates. For more information on this interchange program type (e.g., B2B Product 7, etc.), please visit mastercard.ca.

Interchange Program Type Rate
B2B Product 7 2.00%
B2B Product 8 1.90%
B2B Product 9 1.80%
B2B Product 10 1.70%
B2B Product 11 1.60%
B2B Product 12 1.50%
B2B Product 13 1.40%
B2B Product 14 1.30%
B2B Product 15 1.20%
B2B Product 16 1.10%
B2B Product 17 1.00%

Mastercard Card-Not-Present (CNP) Decline Fee

Effective November 1, 2023, Mastercard is updating the MASTERCARD CNP DECLINE FEE such that transactions which are declined for insufficient funds will incur a fee of $0.03 per transaction. If applicable, these changes will appear on your November 2023 statement (delivered in December 2023).

Expand March 2023 Rate Changes

NEW Mastercard Digital Enablement Fee

Effective March 13, 2023, Mastercard is introducing a new Mastercard Digital Enablement Fee of 0.02% for all Card Not Present transactions (such as Manual Keyed Entry transactions and eCommerce transactions). This new Fee will be subject to a minimum of $0.028 to a maximum of $0.28 per transaction. If applicable, the Fee(s) will appear in the MASTERCARD DIGITAL ENABLE FEE line on your March statement (to be delivered in April 2023). For details see the following chart:

Fee Name Threshold Amount Fee
MASTERCARD DIGITAL ENABLE FEE T1 <$140 $0.028
MASTERCARD DIGITAL ENABLE FEE T2 $140 - $1,400 0.02%
MASTERCARD DIGITAL ENABLE FEE T3 > $1,400 $0.28

Discontinued Fees:

Effective March 13, 2023, Mastercard will be discontinuing certain fees. If applicable to your Account, the Fees have been listed on your statement as:

  • MASTERCARD ADDRESS VERIFICATION FEE
  • MASTERCARD CVC VERIFICATION FEE
  • ABU ENROLLMENT FEE
  • ACCOUNT INFORMATION UPDATE FEE
  • MASTERCARD EMV3DS FEE PERCENT
  • MASTERCARD EMV3DS FEE CAPPED
  • MASTERCARD DIGITAL COMMERCE DEVELOPMENT FEE

If applicable, these Fees will no longer be charged as of your March statement (to be delivered in April 2023).

Expand May 2023 Rate Changes

Change to Mastercard Canada Intracountry Consumer Credit Contactless Interchange rate

Effective May 6, 2023, Mastercard is increasing their Canada Intracountry Consumer Credit Contactless interchange rates. This change will apply to all contactless transactions on domestic issued consumer credit cards: Core, World, World Elite & Muse. For details see the following chart:

Mastercard Consumer Interchange Program Current Rate New Rate Increase
Core 0.87% 0.92% ↑0.05%
World 1.16% 1.22% ↑0.06%
World Elite 1.48% 1.56% ↑0.08%
Muse 1.57% 1.65% ↑0.08%

If applicable, these changes will appear on your May statement (to be delivered in June 2023).

Expand April 1, 2024 Rate Changes

Visa CVV2 Fee

Effective April 1, 2024, Visa is introducing a new VISA CVV2 FEE of $0.004 per Visa Card Verification Value 2 (CVV2)* transaction. If applicable, these charges will appear on your April 2024 statement (delivered in May 2024).
*The Visa Card Verification Value 2 is the three-digit security code printed on the back of the card which is required to be sent on all Card-Not-Present/e-commerce transactions.

Visa Commercial Fee

Effective April 1, 2024, Visa is introducing a new VISA COMMERCIAL FEE of 0.0113%, which will apply to all Visa Commercial and Infinite Business transactions (Domestic and International). If applicable, these charges will appear on your April 2024 statement (delivered in May 2024).

Expand October 2023 Rate Changes

NEW International Consumer and Commercial Credit Interchange Rates

Effective October 12, 2023, Visa is introducing new International (Non-Canadian or “NON CDN”) Consumer and Commercial credit interchange rates. If applicable, these changes will appear on your October 2023 statement (delivered in November 2023). The following table outlines the new interchange rates.

New International Interchange Reimbursement Fees (NON CDN) New Program Description (appears on your TDMS statement as) New Interchange Rates
Non-Premium—Card Present (Base) Fee Program NONCDN NONPREMIUM CP 1.10%
Super Premium—Card Not Present (Alternative) fee Program NONCDN SUPER PREMIUM CNP 1.98%
Premium—Card Not Present (Alternative) fee program NONCDN PREMIUM CNP 1.85%
Non-Premium— Card Not Present (Alternative) fee program NONCDN NONPREMIUM CNP 1.60%
Business/Corporate/Purchasing Card Not Present (Alternative) fee program NONCDN COMMERCIAL CNP 2.00%
Super Premium—Downgrade fee program NONCDN SUPER PREMIUM DGD 2.03%
Premium—Downgrade fee program NONCDN PREMIUM DGD 1.90%
Non-Premium—Downgrade fee program NONCDN NONPREMIUM DGD 1.65%
Business/Corporate/Purchasing—Downgrade fee program NONCDN COMMERCIAL DGD 2.05%
Consumer Credit Voucher/Merchandise Return Fee NONCDN CONSUMER REFUND 1.00%
NONCDN COMMERCIAL REFUND 1.80%

International Consumer Credit Interchange Rates

Effective October 12, 2023, Visa is increasing its International (Non-Canadian or “NONCDN”) Consumer Credit interchange rates. If applicable, these changes† will appear on your October 2023 statement (delivered in November 2023). The following table outlines the new interchange rates.

International Interchange Reimbursement Fees (NON CDN) Program Description (appears on your TDMS statement as) New Interchange Rates
Existing New
Super Premium—Card Present (Base) fee program NONCDN SUPER PREMIUM CP 1.97% 1.98%
Premium—Card Present (Base) fee program NONCDN PREMIUM CP 1.80% 1.85%

†Please note with these changes:

  1. The Interchange program type "Standard" or "STD" is being replaced with "Uncategorized" or "UNCAT".
  2. The following Interregional Fee Programs are No Longer Applicable to Visa Consumer Transactions :

International Interchange Reimbursement Fees (NON CDN) Fee Descriptor
Electronic ELECTRONIC
Acquirer Chip CHIP TERMNL
Electronic Commerce Merchant NONAUTHND MRCH
Secure Electronic Commerce AUTHENTICTD SEC

Expand April/May 2023 Rate Changes

NEW Visa Estimated Authorization & Visa Incremental Authorization Fees

Effective April 17, 2023, Visa is expanding its authorization framework to allow all Merchants to use Estimated and Incremental authorizations, which are used when the final amount of a transaction is not known. A Fee of 0.02% for Estimated Authorizations and 0.02% for Incremental Authorization will be assessed on approved authorizations. The Fee will apply to Visa Credit and Visa Debit authorizations. If applicable, the Fee will appear in the VISA PRE-AUTHORIZATION FEE line on your April Statement (to be delivered in May 2023).

Change to Visa Account Information Update (VAU) Fee

Effective May 1, 2023, Visa will increase their Visa Account Information Update Fee. Visa is increasing this pay-per-use Fee from $0.10 to $0.125 per match. If applicable, the Fee will appear in the VISA ACCOUNT INFORMATION UPDATE FEE line on your May Statement (to be delivered in June 2023).

Expand April 1, 2024 Rate Changes

TD Merchant Solutions – Non-Compliance

With recent changes to the Excise Tax Act (ETA), fees charged by Payment Card Networks (PCNs) for certain services are now subject to HST that is not recoverable by TD. This impacts the fees TD is charged by PCNs and passes through to all Merchants. Therefore, if not previously applied to your account, effective April 1, 2024, TD Merchant Solutions will pass through a corresponding increase to the PCN Non-Compliance Fees to you to reflect the recent ETA changes. If applicable, these charges will appear on your April 2024 statement (delivered in May 2024). Please see the TD Merchant Solutions Notices page/Non-Compliance Fee tab for updated rate details.

Non-Compliance Fees:

Fee Name Rate Effective April 1, 2024
Visa Domestic Compliance Integrity Fee $0.15
Visa Foreign Compliance Integrity Fee $0.23
Mastercard Compliance Integrity Fee $0.74
Mastercard Card-Not-Present (CNP) Advice Decline Fee $0.05
Mastercard CNP Decline Fee $0.03
Debit Mastercard CNP Decline Fee $0.03

Expand November 2023 Rate Changes

Effective November 1, 2023, TD Merchant Solutions is increasing some of its fees under the categories listed below to align with industry pricing. Most Merchants, if impacted, will only see increases to some of these fees. If applicable, these changes will appear on your November 2023 statement (delivered in December 2023).

To see what increases may apply to your Account, kindly compare a previous statement (hard copy or online) to your November statement using the categories listed below. If you prefer to talk to us about how these increases may impact your Account, please call 1-800-363-1163 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday) and we will walk you through the changes.

Visa Credit/Debit and/or Mastercard Credit/Debit Processing Fees:
Visa Credit/Debit and/or Mastercard Credit/Debit Rate
Visa Credit/Debit and/or Mastercard Credit/Debit Discount Rate Adjustment Fee
Visa Credit/Debit and/or Mastercard Credit/Debit Interchange Rate Plus
Visa Credit/Debit and/or Mastercard Credit/Debit Assessment Fee
Visa Credit/Debit and/or Mastercard Credit/Debit Foreign Assessment Fee
Mastercard Acquirer License Fee
Credit Authorization Fee
Account Fees:
Monthly Service Fee
Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Monthly Fee

MCC Listing for Freight

  • MCCs 3000-3350 (Airlines, Air Carriers)
  • MCC 4011 (Railroads, Freight)
  • MCC 4214 (Motor Freight Carriers, Trucking— Long Distance, Moving and Storage Companies, Local Delivery)
  • MCC 4215 (Courier Services —Air and Ground, Freight Forwarders)
  • MCC 4511 (Air Carriers, Airlines—not elsewhere classified)
  • MCC 4789 (Transportation Services—not elsewhere classified)
  • MCC 4112 (Passenger Railways)
  • MCC 4111 (Transportation—Suburban and Local Commuter Passenger, including Ferries)
  • MCC 7299 (Other Services—not elsewhere classified)
  • MCC 9311 (Tax Payments)
  • MCC 9402 (Postal Services—Government Only)
  • MCC 9399 (Government Services—not elsewhere classified)