Commercial Data Rate II /Level 2 processing
Entering level II data on commercial and business transactions can reduce your interchange costs on your commercial, government (GSA), fleet and purchasing transactions.
Commercial Data Rate II Not Eligible: Travel and Entertainment – Restaurants (MCC 5812), Hotels (MCC 3501-3999, 7011), Car Rentals (MCC 3351-3500, 7512, 7513, 7519), and Passenger Transport (MCC 3000-3299, 4511, 4112).
Below are requirements, however they only apply to MasterCard, Visa has separate requirements for level 2 processing which we will cover in a future blog.
- Key-enter transaction, obtain customer’s signature when transaction is face-to-face.
- Obtain and pass 1 valid electronic authorization.
- Settle within 2 days
- Must pass Level II Data
- Authorization and settlement MCC must match
- Level 1 – 4 apply to Business Core, World Business and World Elite Business cards. The level will be determined by MasterCard cardholder spending limits.
Below you can see the differences on interchange from including level 2 in
| Corporate Data Rate I – Corporate | C DATA I | 1048 | 2.65% | + | $0.10 |
| Corporate Data Rate I – Business | C DATA I B | 7845 | 2.65% | + | $0.10 |
| Corporate Data Rate I – Purchasing | C DATA I P | 7846 | 2.65% | + | $0.10 |
| Corporate Data Rate I – Fleet | C DATA I F | 7847 | 2.65% | + | $0.10 |
| Corporate Data Rate II – Corporate | CDATA II C | 1047 | 2.50% | + | $0.10 | |
| Corp Data Rate II – Business | CDATA II B | 1649 | 2.00% | + | $0.10 | |
| Corp Data Rate II – Fleet | CDATA II F | 1648 | 2.50% | + | $0.10 | |
| Corp Data Rate II – Purchasing | CDATA II P | 1647 | 2.50% | + | $0.10 | |
| Corp Data Rate II Petroleum | CDATAIIPET | 1693 | 2.05% | + | $0.10 | |
| Corp Data Rate II Petroleum Business | DATAIIP B | 8024 | 2.00% | + | $0.10 |
| Corporate T&E II – Corporate | CORP T&E 2 | 1004 | 2.55% | + | $0.10 | |
| Corporate T&E I – Corporate | CORP T&E I | 1002 | 2.70% | + | $0.00 |
Visa provides much more savings for entering level 2 transaction detail. Revolution Payments has over 20 years experience
working with companies who sell to other businesses or the government, were here to answer any questions you may have about level 2 or level 3 processing.
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