[{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-30T19:22:09.540Z","tag_names":["surcharging customer experience","surcharging popup","surcharge disclosure","credit card surcharge popup","bin validation debit card","card brand compliant surcharging","surcharging receipt line item","surcharging invoice unchanged","how surcharging looks to customer"],"answer_sample":"With Biller Genie's Surcharging option, your invoices display your original price","long_answer_sample":"With Biller Genie's Surcharging option, your invoices display your original price — exactly as you created it in your accounting software. The surcharge is only disclosed and added at checkout if the customer chooses to pay by credit card. Debit and prepaid cards are protected from the surcharge automatically. This article walks through the six poin","language_id":1,"id":3832650,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie's surcharging option, invoices display original price — exactly created accounting software. surcharge disclosed added checkout customer chooses pay credit card. debit prepaid cards protected automatically. article walks six points sees typical payment, know experience. dual pricing equivalent (which different flow prices shown start, popup), see experience . step 1 invoice syncs software create normal price. genie presents applied visible point. 2 total opens invoice, number entered column, second price, nothing extra. intentional discloses fee point payment selection, itself. 3 \"new invoice\" email goes sent messenger shows yet. 4 summary screen flags credit-card possibility clicks pay, alongside available methods. option includes language indicating \"an additional may apply card transactions.\" ach (if available) clearly indicates fee. 5 popup charging card, appears outlines amount new charged. gives two choices go back switch non-surcharged method (debit, ach, cash, depending avoid accept proceed total. explicit disclosure-and-acceptance makes implementation card-brand compliant. must affirmatively can 6 receipt separate line emailed itemizes subtotal. paid transaction. customers another get just total, line. bin validation protects rules allow traditional cards. enforces automatically checking (bank identification number) applying surcharge. first 8 digits identify bank issued type (credit, debit, prepaid). enters checkout, looks either applies (credit card) skips (debit protection lets run account without accidentally debit-card compliance violation). need anything enable runs every transaction related articles technology fees glance setting reconciling","name":"What Your Customer Sees: The Surcharging Checkout Experience","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"what-your-customer-sees-the-surcharging-checkout-experience","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/what-your-customer-sees-the-surcharging-checkout-experience?from_search=235632735","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie's surcharging option, invoices display original price — exactly created accounting software. surcharge disclosed added checkout customer chooses pay credit card. debit prepaid cards protected automatically. article walks six points sees typical payment, know experience. dual pricing equivalent (which different flow prices shown start, popup), see experience . step 1 invoice syncs software create normal price. genie presents applied visible point. 2 total opens invoice, number entered column, second price, nothing extra. intentional discloses fee point payment selection, itself. 3 \"new invoice\" email goes sent messenger shows yet. 4 summary screen flags credit-card possibility clicks pay, alongside available methods. option includes language indicating \"an additional may apply card transactions.\" ach (if available) clearly indicates fee. 5 popup charging card, appears outlines amount new charged. gives two choices go back switch non-surcharged method (debit, ach, cash, depending avoid accept proceed total. explicit disclosure-and-acceptance makes implementation card-brand compliant. must affirmatively can 6 receipt separate line emailed itemizes subtotal. paid transaction. customers another get just total, line. bin validation protects rules allow traditional cards. enforces automatically checking (bank identification number) applying surcharge. first 8 digits identify bank issued type (credit, debit, prepaid). enters checkout, looks either applies (credit card) skips (debit protection lets run account without accidentally debit-card compliance violation). need anything enable runs every transaction related articles technology fees glance setting reconciling","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-10-06T23:04:38.000Z","tag_names":["technology fees","surcharging","dual pricing","compliant surcharging","bin validation","fee cap","state restrictions","surcharge prohibited states","connecticut surcharging","massachusetts surcharging","maine surcharging","oklahoma surcharging","colorado surcharge cap","card brand compliance","visa surcharging rules","mastercard surcharging rules","technology fee vs surcharge","convenience fee vs surcharge","cash discount","all or nothing fee"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie supports two ways to add a Technology Fee to a transaction so you ca","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie supports two ways to add a Technology Fee to a transaction so you can offset your cost of accepting cards: Surcharging and Dual Pricing. Both are configured under the same Technology Fees feature in your Biller Genie account, and both are designed to be card-brand compliant. The difference is in how the fee is presented to your customer","language_id":1,"id":2227513,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie supports two ways add technology fee transaction can offset cost accepting cards surcharging dual pricing. configured fees feature account, designed card-brand compliant. difference presented customer — drives option allowed, caps at, sees receipt. all-or-nothing setting account level. turned on, applies every processed exempt specific invoice. visa mastercard compliance requirement applied consistently disclosed way customer. showing one another put processing risk. article gives high-level comparison decide flavor fits business. setup steps, customer's checkout experience, accounting reconciliation, see linked articles bottom. adds small credit card transactions (and, configurations, ach transactions) help cover payment processing. appears invoice receipt, proceeds sync back software separate line item sales receipt books reconcile cleanly. come flavors original price. pays card, popup discloses surcharge new total. capped rules. pricing price (or cash) side-by-side start. popup, caps, state restrictions. works surcharging, goes quoted. chooses pay told it. point selection, shows clearly outlines additional total, either accept switch non-surcharged method (debit, ach, avoid behind scenes, checks card's bin (the first 6-8 digits, called bank identification number) confirm applying surcharge. identifies debit prepaid types protected pricing, prices moment receive needed full transparency upfront. pick matches willing pay. integration, lower displays \"cash\" instead. pattern mirrors gas-station shown pump familiar mental model customers. glance vs   cap max 3% (2% colorado) minimum maximum excluded check geography available 46 states. prohibited connecticut, maine, massachusetts, oklahoma. 50 states price; paying disclosure throughout chosen notification required follow guidelines, notify acquirer 30 days turning verify merchant processor legal team going live restrictions apply only. state-level caps. oklahoma prohibited. business registered states, choose colorado 2%. automatically enforces colorado-based accounts. allowed 3%. important laws change time, state's rules codified genie's automatic enforcement. operate. glossary fee, surcharge, convenience service four terms get used interchangeably conversation, mean different things brands regulators. umbrella name. covers added top specifically card. govern applied. practice upfront cash paying. alternate channel. strict charge (typically channel genuinely merchant's normal method). support convenience-fee programs directly. certain regulated industries (mostly government, education, utilities) regardless method. service-fee talk \"technology fee\" accurate term. \"surcharge\" using mode specifically. \"convenience \"service meanings merchants. frequently asked questions turn customers others no. global design. violation puts rationale. will gift charged transaction. card), actually syncs software. visible portal software, received. needs switch, modes operate time. looks like experience step-by-step screenshots flow. related reconciling chart accounts mapping lives","name":"Technology Fees: Dual Pricing and Surcharging at a Glance","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"technology-fees-overview","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/technology-fees-overview?from_search=235632735","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie supports two ways add technology fee transaction can offset cost accepting cards surcharging dual pricing. configured fees feature account, designed card-brand compliant. difference presented customer — drives option allowed, caps at, sees receipt. all-or-nothing setting account level. turned on, applies every processed exempt specific invoice. visa mastercard compliance requirement applied consistently disclosed way customer. showing one another put processing risk. article gives high-level comparison decide flavor fits business. setup steps, customer's checkout experience, accounting reconciliation, see linked articles bottom. adds small credit card transactions (and, configurations, ach transactions) help cover payment processing. appears invoice receipt, proceeds sync back software separate line item sales receipt books reconcile cleanly. come flavors original price. pays card, popup discloses surcharge new total. capped rules. pricing price (or cash) side-by-side start. popup, caps, state restrictions. works surcharging, goes quoted. chooses pay told it. point selection, shows clearly outlines additional total, either accept switch non-surcharged method (debit, ach, avoid behind scenes, checks card's bin (the first 6-8 digits, called bank identification number) confirm applying surcharge. identifies debit prepaid types protected pricing, prices moment receive needed full transparency upfront. pick matches willing pay. integration, lower displays \"cash\" instead. pattern mirrors gas-station shown pump familiar mental model customers. glance vs   cap max 3% (2% colorado) minimum maximum excluded check geography available 46 states. prohibited connecticut, maine, massachusetts, oklahoma. 50 states price; paying disclosure throughout chosen notification required follow guidelines, notify acquirer 30 days turning verify merchant processor legal team going live restrictions apply only. state-level caps. oklahoma prohibited. business registered states, choose colorado 2%. automatically enforces colorado-based accounts. allowed 3%. important laws change time, state's rules codified genie's automatic enforcement. operate. glossary fee, surcharge, convenience service four terms get used interchangeably conversation, mean different things brands regulators. umbrella name. covers added top specifically card. govern applied. practice upfront cash paying. alternate channel. strict charge (typically channel genuinely merchant's normal method). support convenience-fee programs directly. certain regulated industries (mostly government, education, utilities) regardless method. service-fee talk \"technology fee\" accurate term. \"surcharge\" using mode specifically. \"convenience \"service meanings merchants. frequently asked questions turn customers others no. global design. violation puts rationale. will gift charged transaction. card), actually syncs software. visible portal software, received. needs switch, modes operate time. looks like experience step-by-step screenshots flow. related reconciling chart accounts mapping lives","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}}]