| Current company | Rate Logic Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly volume | $227,703.52 | $227,703.52 |
| Total monthly cost | $7,586.59 | $6,580.63 |
| Effective rate* | 3.33% | 2.89% |
*Effective rate: total fees divided by total volume, your true net cost of processing cards.
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Start My Free Analysis Sign UpPassing along fees uses a dual pricing or surcharge program on eligible card sales. Surcharges are 3% on credit cards only; we never surcharge debit or prepaid cards. Availability varies by state, and monthly or equipment fees may apply.
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Hidden fees. Padded fees. Junk fees.
Processing statements are built to be confusing. Here's a typical one with the costly lines marked. Tap a number to see what it really is and which kind of fee it is. We'll do the same with yours.
A real cost, marked up. When a card doesn't "qualify" for your best rate, like rewards cards or keyed-in payments, the processor adds its own padding on top. Often the biggest line on the statement.
Pure profit for the processor. Charged every month because a yearly security questionnaire wasn't completed, which nobody told you how to do. Easy to fix, and rarely explained.
Buried in the terms. Charged when your processing fees don't reach a set minimum for the month, so slower months cost more.
No service behind them. Small charges for sending your statement or keeping your account open. They look minor, but they add up over a year.
Hidden in plain sight. Rate increases are announced in a short message on the statement itself. Most owners never see them, so the rate goes up quietly.
Send us your statement and we'll show you which fees are hidden, which are padded, and which are junk, free.
Start My Free AnalysisSample proposals
Every free analysis comes with both of these proposals, built from your own statement. Here's an example for a wholesale distributor processing about $227,700 a month.
| Current company | Rate Logic Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly volume | $227,703.52 | $227,703.52 |
| Total monthly cost | $7,586.59 | $6,580.63 |
| Effective rate* | 3.33% | 2.89% |
*Effective rate: total fees divided by total volume, your true net cost of processing cards.
| Today | Surcharge* | Dual pricing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Processing fees per month | $7,586.59 | $1,707.78 | $0.00 |
| Monthly program fee | — | Quoted in proposal | Quoted in proposal |
| Processing fees per year | $91,039.08 | $20,493.36 | $0.00 |
*Surcharge shown at 3% on credit card sales only; debit and prepaid cards are never surcharged, and surcharging is not available in all states. Savings are on processing fees; the monthly program fee is quoted in your proposal and is not included above.
Example for illustration. Your proposals are based on your actual statement.
What's included
Our promise
No hidden fees, no surprise rate increases, no fine print you weren't told about.
Compliant by design
Passing along card fees is only worth it if it's done by the rules. We handle the details so you don't have to worry about them.
Cash and card prices posted where customers see them, at the door and at checkout.
Terminal and receipt wording set up so every sale shows the right price.
Your program matched to the card brand rules and the laws where you do business.
One-on-one support
Processing is only as good as the people behind it. Rate Logic Pro is founder-led, with 20+ years in payment processing, and you get one-on-one support from setup to every call after.
The person who signs you up stays your rep, so you never have to start over with someone new.
Call 1-888-NO-FEES-0 and talk to US based support, not a phone tree or a chatbot.
Ongoing account reviews so your pricing stays right as your business grows and the industry changes.
Getting started
You send a statement. We handle the rest, and we're still the ones you call after you switch.
Any recent month from your current processor, every page. The costliest fees are often on the last page.
We show what you pay today and what you'd pay with each program, in plain dollars. No jargon to decode.
Terminal settings, receipt wording and signage set up to match your program, with a real person to call after.
0% Processing, by the numbers
Here's what changes when you switch, using a simple $100 credit card sale.
What happens to a $100 card sale.
| Example $100 credit card sale | Traditional | 0% Processing |
|---|---|---|
| Your price | $100.00 | $100.00 |
| Card customer pays | $100.00 | $103.00 |
| Cash customer pays | $100.00 | $100.00 |
| Processing fees | −$3.00 | Covered by card fee |
| You keep | $97.00 | $100.00 |
Simplified example using a 3% card fee. Card fees vary by business, and your free analysis shows your exact numbers.
How 0% Processing works
Stop losing 2.5% to 4% of every card sale. A small card fee covers processing, so you keep the full price. Your terminal handles the math automatically, with nothing extra for you or your staff to do.
Shown on an eligible credit card sale with a 3% card fee. Debit and prepaid cards are never surcharged.
Traditional fees vary by processor and card type. Your free analysis shows your exact numbers.
On eligible card transactions. Program availability, pricing, equipment and fee amounts vary by business and by state. Monthly and equipment charges may still apply.
Day to day
Your terminal does the work on every sale, and here's exactly what the card fee covers.
When a customer pays by card, the terminal adds a small card fee to cover the processing cost.
Customers who pay with cash skip the card fee, so they're rewarded for paying cash.
On credit card sales, a 3% card fee covers processing, so your margins stay where you set them. Debit and prepaid cards are never surcharged, though a posted card price can apply to them under dual pricing.
| Fee | Traditional | 0% Processing |
|---|---|---|
| Interchange | You pay | Covered by card fee |
| Card brand assessments | You pay | Covered by card fee |
| Processor markup | You pay | Covered by card fee |
| Per-transaction fees | You pay | Covered by card fee |
| Authorization fees | You pay | Covered by card fee |
| Monthly & account fees | Often hidden | Listed upfront |
Clear signs at checkout
We provide counter and door signs that explain your pricing in plain words, so customers know what to expect before they pay.
Customer experience
Two clear prices at the register, a clear receipt, and no surprises. Your customers pick how they pay, and you keep your margins.
How a card fee is passed along on a single sale.
Example: $48.00 sale
Pass along fees
0% Processing runs on one of these, matched to your business and state. Each example is the same $40.00 sale with a 3% card fee.
Every item shows two prices, one for cash and one for card. Customers choose how they pay.
Often used by: restaurants, auto repair, salons and retail.
A small fee is added only when a customer pays with a credit card. Debit and cash payments stay the same.
Often used by: distributors, B2B invoicing and professional services.
Your posted prices include the card cost. Customers who pay cash get that amount taken off.
Often used by: businesses with many cash customers.
Examples on this page are illustrations; your proposals are based on your actual statement. Dual pricing, surcharging and cash discount programs are subject to card brand rules and state law. Surcharges are 3% on credit cards only, never on debit or prepaid cards.
Keep checkout the same for customers and pay less instead. Card networks set interchange and assessments. We negotiate the part that can change: the processor markup.
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Knowledge creates clarity
Most business owners are never walked through their processing statement. We are here to change that, so you know what you're paying, what you don't need to pay, and what's changing.
Where you're overpaying, explained in plain words.
The costly charges buried deep in your statement.
Extra charges you don't need to be paying.
How they show up, often as a one-line notice on your statement.
What's new in our ever-changing industry, and what it means for you.
Industries we serve
We work with businesses of all sizes across a wide range of industries.
Tap an industry to see how pricing looks for that business.
Also serving high-risk merchants and distributors, manufacturers & wholesalers.
Resources
Straight answers before you send anything.
It's our name for setting your business up so a small card fee covers your processing cost. We do it with dual pricing, a cash discount program or surcharging, whichever fits your business and your state. Cash customers pay your regular price.
Businesses across the U.S. use them when they're set up correctly. Surcharges are 3% on credit cards only; we never surcharge debit or prepaid cards. The rules depend on your state and the card brands, so we check them for your business before anything goes live.
Most people already see this at the gas pump, where cash and card prices are posted side by side. Clear signs and a clear receipt do most of the work, and we set up both.
Not always. Some terminals can be reprogrammed. If yours can't, your proposal shows what new equipment costs before you decide.
The analysis is free. Any costs, including equipment, program or monthly fees, are listed in writing before you sign anything.
One recent processing statement (all pages) and a few minutes to talk about how you take payments: in person, online, invoices, or all three.
Yes. Tell us your industry when you request your analysis so we can match you with the right setup.
Merchant support
Reach a person who knows your account. Pick what you need and your email opens with the right subject line.
Free statement analysis
See exactly what you're paying and what you could keep. Tell us about your business and we'll reach out to review your statement with you.
Prefer to talk? Call 1-888-663-3370
PCI compliance
Every business that accepts cards has to validate against the PCI Data Security Standard — and most of the merchants we meet are paying a monthly penalty because nobody ever filed the paperwork for them.
The card brands’ security standard for handling card data. Version 4.0.1 is the only active version, and the last of its phased-in requirements stopped being optional on March 31, 2025.
Applies to every merchant, any sizeMost businesses validate with a Self-Assessment Questionnaire. Which one you file depends on how you take payments — terminal only, e-commerce, virtual terminal, or a mix — and some setups also need quarterly network scans.
Annually, plus scans where they applyProcessors bill a monthly PCI non-compliance fee when nothing is on file — often $20 to $50, every month, for a form that takes one sitting. It stops once the questionnaire is filed.
See it on your statementWe work out which questionnaire fits your setup, sit with you to complete it, keep the renewal on the calendar, and check that your equipment and gateway are on current, validated software.
Part of the account, not an add-onThe less card data touches your systems, the smaller your obligation. Point-to-point encryption on the terminal and a hosted checkout online keep most of the burden off your business entirely.
Scope is something you can shrinkBeing compliant doesn’t erase liability after a breach, but not being compliant makes it materially worse — fines and card brand assessments land on the merchant. Filed paperwork is the cheapest insurance in this business.
Worth doing before you need itProgram rules
What gets a merchant fined is almost never the program itself — it's how it was set up. These are the rules every Rate Logic Pro program is built around, in plain English.
A surcharge never goes on a debit or prepaid card — not even when a debit card is run as credit. Fee programs that hit every card are the fastest way to lose the program.
Visa and Mastercard rulesThe fee can't exceed your actual cost of acceptance, and the brands cap it on top of that: Visa at 3%, Mastercard at 4%. Merchants who take both normally price at or under 3%.
Cap is the lower of the twoWritten notice goes to your acquirer before the first surcharged sale, and to Mastercard through their notification form. We file it and keep the confirmation on your account.
Before you switch it onA notice at the entrance and at the point of sale. Online, on the first page that names the card brands and again at checkout. Over the phone, out loud before you take the card.
Disclosure at every entry pointThe fee appears as its own line in dollars, not folded into the total. Refund a sale, and the fee gets refunded with it, in proportion.
Its own line itemSurcharge one credit brand and you surcharge the competing ones that cost you as much or more. You can't single out one network.
Level playing field ruleBoth prices are posted, and the customer pays the price for the way they pay. Allowed in states that ban surcharging, because nothing is added at the register.
A separate fee added to credit card sales only. The most regulated of the three, and the one we file paperwork for.
Your posted price already covers the card cost, and customers paying cash get money off. Federal law protects a properly run discount.
Surcharging is the program states regulate. Pick yours to see where it stands today.
Follow the card brand rules above.
General information, current as of September 2026 — not legal advice. State rules and card brand rules both change. We put your state's requirements in writing before your program goes live, and your attorney is the right final word.
What's changed lately
Three things worth knowing if you're running a fee program right now.
Visa lowered its surcharge cap from 4% to 3%, and never above your cost of acceptance. Mastercard's published cap is still 4%, which is why merchants taking both usually price at or below 3%.
The amended merchant settlement received preliminary approval in June 2026. If it's finally approved, it would let merchants surcharge up to the lesser of 3% or their cost of acceptance even if they also take Amex. Nothing has changed yet — today's rules still govern.
Oklahoma lifted its surcharge ban on Nov 1, 2025. Louisiana banned debit card surcharges on Aug 1, 2026. Price-display laws in California, Minnesota and Colorado now shape how a card fee has to be shown, whatever you call it.
The material on this page is general information about card brand rules and state law as of September 2026, not legal advice, and it doesn't create an attorney-client or advisory relationship. Rules differ by state, by card brand and by how you take payments, and they change. Confirm your own requirements with your attorney before launching a program — and if a processor tells you a fee program has no rules attached, that's the moment to get a second opinion.
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The content on this website is provided for general information about our services. It is not legal, tax or financial advice. Please talk with your own advisors about your business.
Prices, fees, percentages and savings shown on this website, including the $48.00, $40.00 and $100.00 examples, are illustrations only. They are not an offer, a quote or a guarantee of results. Your actual pricing depends on your business, your processing history and the program you choose, and is provided in your written proposal.
Requesting an analysis or a proposal does not create a merchant account or any obligation for you or for us. Merchant accounts are subject to application, underwriting and approval by our processing partners and sponsor banks. Your merchant account is governed by the separate agreements you sign when your account is approved.
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