Item 26 - Debit and Credit Card Merchant Payment Processing Services

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 69E4955D-23F3-4407-84A7-E75FDC837DB9 Discover Premium Plus Card, and "foreign" cards issued outside the United States). Unless your Card Services Fee Schedule specifically addresses commercial cards (i.e., Business Cards, Corporate Cards, Fleet Cards, GSA Cards, Purchase Cards), you will be billed back for the higher cost of acceptance of commercial cards, unless you are primarily a business - to -business supplier with corresponding pricing based on acceptance of commercial cards. The card associations require that information from the original authorization, including a lifecycle identifier, be retained and returned with subsequent authorizations and/or the settled transaction data. The card associations validate this information as part of the clearing and settlement process. If authorization data is not retained and returned at settlement, then the transaction will not clear as priced and will incur a surcharge. For more information concerning surcharging and to view market data, you may wish to check the Global Direct website (www.globalpaymentsinc.com) for best practices information and to license Global Access @dvantage (GA@) or Business View for transaction detail review. 39.2. The card associations validate this information as part of the clearing and settlement process. If authorization data is not retained and returned at settlement, then the transaction will not clear as priced and will incur a surcharge. For more information concerning surcharging and to view market data, you may wish to check the Global Direct website (www.globalpaymentsinc.com) for best practices information and to license Global Access @dvantage (GA@) or Business View for transaction detail review. The items listed in this section 39 are not and are not intended to be a comprehensive list of all instances in which surcharges may apply. Surcharges may apply in additional situations. All surcharges may include additional fees assessed by the applicable card association and Member or Global Direct. 39.3. In addition, Merchant may be assessed additional fees which will be in addition to the fees stated on the Merchant Application, including the following: 39.4. Merchant will also be assessed (a) Cross -Border fees and a U.S. Acquirer Support fee for international Mastercard and Maestro transactions. (b) an International Service Assessment fee and International Acquirer fee for international Visa transactions, and (c) an International Processing fee and International Service fee for international Discover transactions. These fees, which are applicable to transactions between Merchant and a non-U.S. Mastercard, Maestro, Visa, American Express, or Discover cardholder will be displayed as a separate item on Merchant's monthly statement and may include fees assessed by both the applicable card association and Member or Global Direct. 39.5. Merchant will also be assessed per transaction access or participation fees and assessment rates for Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and PayPal transactions, which will be displayed as a separate item on Merchant's monthly statement and may include fees by both the applicable card association and Member or Global Direct. Merchant will also be assessed a Discover Network Authorization Fee. 39.6. Merchant may also be assessed a PCI DSS Compliance fee, which will appear as a separate item on Merchant's monthly statement. This fee is assessed by Member and Global Direct in connection with Member and Global Direct's efforts to comply with the PCI Data Security Standard and does not ensure Merchant's compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard or any law, rule or regulation related to cardholder data security. The payment of such fee shall not relieve Merchant of its responsibility to comply with all rules and regulations related to cardholder data security, including without limitation the PCI Data Security Standard. Merchant may also be assessed a PCI DSS Non -Compliance fee until they validate compliance or confirm they are using a PA DSS Validated payment application.