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Card Handling Terms and Conditions

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Card Handling Terms and Conditions

Our Card Handling Terms and Conditions are set out below.

A certain amount of each credit or debit card payment is paid by West Oxfordshire District Council to HSBC Card Services as a handling charge. 

The current card handling charges (w.e.f. 1st October 2009) are laid out below:

Card Type   Internet Transaction Charge Non Internet Transaction Charge
     (Verified by Visa/ Mastercard Securecode
Credit Card Visa 1.358% 1.152%
Credit Card Mastercard 1.358% 1.152%
Debit Card Visa Electron (non UK issue) 1.358% 1.152%
Debit Card Visa Electron (UK issue) 21.1p 25.4p
Debit Card Visa Debit 21.1p 25.4p
Debit Card Maestro 17.92p 16.15p


With effect from 28th April 2008, West Oxfordshire District Council has been levying an administration charge on all payments made using a credit card to cover these bank charges.  This administration charge can be avoided by paying using a UK Debit Card.

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