How Cash Discount Works
Learn how to eliminate processing fees
It starts with a processor who offers a qualified cash discount program. This might be your current processor, or you can look into our Best Cash Discount Processors and choose the fit that’s best for you.
A good processor with a good cash discount program will provide you with required “conspicuous signage”. A generally accepted example of such signage looks like this:
There are a variety of terminals to choose from, depending on your business needs. Not all apps or hardware devices are equipped to handle a cash discount program. You need to verify that the solution you are choosing is compliant.
Depending on your merchant services provider there are a variety of terminals and systems to choose from.
In addition to cash, these terminals accept all major credit cards and are EBT, PCI and EMV compliant.
Prices are easy to understand and completely transparent to the merchants and customers.
When a merchant provides a discount to a customer for paying cash, this is referred to as a “Cash Discount”.
As stated in the Durbin Amendment (part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law) businesses are permitted to offer a discount to customers that pay cash.
With a compatible point-of-sale terminal, you can start providing a Cash Discount to your customers.
Obtain a compatible point-of-sale terminal, display signs at entryways and point-of-sale locations and display fees and discounts on receipts.