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This Compliance Guide details the requirements for the Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry in Canada (or “The Code”) for Merchants to be able to accept card payments.

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As a Partner considering accepting merchants based registered Payment Facilitator in Canada, you Payrix must meet comply with the basic compliance requirements for of the Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry in Canada (referred to as the “Code”). As a Partner to Payrix you will be required to help us comply with some of the Code requirements as you are the merchant facing entity that directly communicates with the merchant.

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To meet these requirements you must:

  • Create an online complaint intake form for your merchants/sub-merchants.

  • Provide monthly merchant statements to your merchants/sub-merchants.

  • When there is a fee increase or introduction of a new fee, provide sub-merchants 90 days’ notice of any fee changes and/or increases.

  • You are required to establishing a complaints intake process that includes escalation to Payrix for Code related complaints

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What is a Complaint? 

A complaint is any expression of dissatisfaction with a product, service, policy, or an employee related to the Platform (except those made by cardholders who are also employees of your company).  

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Below is a quick summary of Complaint Element Codes:

Element

Summary

Element 1*

Transparency and Disclosure Element

  • Complaints about Payrix sub-merchant agreement(s) not being clear or failure to disclose all fees in the summary/disclosure boxes.

  • Complaints about issues showing all card fees on monthly billing statements.

Element 2*

Notice of Fee Increase or New Fee Element

  • Complaints about card processing or integrated billing fee increases being implemented without a 90-day notification

Element 3

Contract Cancellation

  • Complaints about account cancellation issues with Payrix due to a fee increase that they wish to decline.

Element 4

No Obligation Acceptance

  • Complaints about Payrix requiring a merchant to accept credit & debit from a card network if they only want to accept debit or vise versa.

Element 5

Payment Method Discount Element

  • Complaints about Payrix restricting a merchant from offering discounts on different payment methods.

Element 10

Negative Option Acceptance

  • Complaints where Payrix automatically enrolls a merchant in a new product or service

Element 11

Contactless Payments

  • N/A for Payrix at this time.

Element 12

Renewal and Cancellation Disclosure

  • Complaints about Payrix contract renewals and cancellations. (Outside of the fee change cancellation)

Element 13*

Complaint Handling Process

  • Complaints about Payrix either:

    • Mishandling a complaint,

    • Lacking punctual and appropriate response timelines,

    • Not offering a website you could refer to, or;

    • Weren’t provided with a path for escalation.

* =Required, Payrix will work with you to resolve this type of complaint.

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As a part of Partners serving Canadian Merchants, it is also your responsibility to provide each merchant with a monthly statement showing the following information:

  • Card Type* - MasterCard Credit, Visa Credit, MasterCard Debit, Visa Debit, American Express, or Discover

  • Number of Sales*

  • Gross Sales ($)*

  • Service Rate (%)* - Either a flat rate charged or applicable interchange rates for each card type.

  • Rate Fee (Rate * Gross Sale ($))*

  • Per Transaction Fee ($X.XX * Number of Sales ($))*

  • Total Fees (Rate Fee + Transaction Fee ($))

  • Effective Merchant Discount Rate (Total Fees/Gross Sales (%))*

    Required = *

It is recommended that you provide this information in a .CSV format so that your Merchants can easily view the information in Excel.

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