Common use of Visa Specific Requirements Clause in Contracts

Visa Specific Requirements. You may steer customers to use a particular network brand, such as Visa or MasterCard; to a type of payment card, such as a "non-reward" credit card; or to another preferred form of payment. You may also encourage a customer who initially presents a Visa card to use a payment card with a different network brand, a different type of payment card, or a different form of payment. You may engage in any of the following steering activities: a. offering a customer a discount or rebate, including an immediate discount or rebate at the point of sale; b. offering a free or discounted product; c. offering a free or discounted or enhanced service; d. offering the customer an incentive, encouragement or benefit; e. expressing a preference for the use of a particular brand or type of general purpose card or a particular form of payment; f. promoting a particular brand or type of general purpose card or a particular form or forms of payment through posted information, through the size, prominence or sequencing of payment choices, or through other communications to a customer; g. communicating to a customer the reasonably estimated or actual costs incurred by the merchant when a customer uses a particular brand or type of general purpose card or a particular form of payment or the relative costs of using different brands or types of general purpose cards or different forms of payment; or h. engaging in any other practices substantially equivalent to these. You are not required to display the Visa xxxx in a size as large as other payment marks. You may promote acceptance brands other than Visa through the size, prominence, or sequencing of payment choices. However, you must continue to respect a cardholder’s ultimate decision to pay with Visa: you still have an obligation to accept for payment properly presented Visa cards, including rewards cards. In addition, surcharging of Visa cards and steering among Visa cards based on the issuing bank are not permitted and you must ensure that your steering practices are not performed in a confusing manner.

Visa Specific Requirements. You may steer customers to use a particular network brand, such as Visa or MasterCard; to a type of payment card, such as a "non-reward" credit card; or to another preferred form of payment. You may also encourage a customer who initially presents a Visa card to use a payment card with a different network brand, a different type of payment card, or a different form of payment. You may engage in any of the following steering activities: a. offering a customer a discount or rebate, including an immediate discount or rebate at the point of sale; b. offering a free or discounted product; c. offering a free or discounted or enhanced service; d. offering the customer an incentive, encouragement or benefit; e. expressing a preference for the use of a particular brand or type of general purpose card or a particular form of payment; f. promoting a particular brand or type of general purpose card or a particular form or forms of payment through posted information, through the size, prominence or sequencing of payment choices, or through other communications to a customer; g. communicating to a customer the reasonably estimated or actual costs incurred by the merchant when a customer uses a particular brand or type of general purpose card or a particular form of payment or the relative costs of using different brands or types of general purpose cards or different forms of payment; or h. engaging in any other practices substantially equivalent to these. You are not required to display the Visa xxxx mark in a size as large as other payment marks. You may promote acceptance brands other than Visa through the size, prominence, or sequencing of payment choices. However, you must continue to respect a cardholder’s ultimate decision to pay with Visa: you still have an obligation to accept for payment properly presented Visa cards, including rewards cards. In addition, surcharging of Visa cards and steering among Visa cards based on the issuing bank are not permitted and you must ensure that your steering practices are not performed in a confusing manner.