International availability of Square API to charge transaction fee

hanjin — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 12:21:57 GMT

We have trouble charging transaction fee of payment with Square.

(By transaction fee, I mean if a seller got an $100 order on our app, we’d like to charge 5% from it, then we’ll get $5 and the seller will get $95. This $5 is our transaction fee)

https://developer.squareup.com/docs/payments-api/take-payments-and-collect-fees#collecting-application-fees-internationally

I read this article and it seems that

1. We can’t charge transaction fee for JPY. Because the app_fee_money parameter is not supported fro Japan.

2. If we want to charge transaction fee from sellers in US, UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, we’ll need to create 5 accounts in these countries.

Am I right about these issues?

If so, what material do we need to provide to create 5 accounts in these countries and make them able to take payments? Do we need 5 cards for 5 countries, or we can use one card and link it to the 5 accounts?

Is there any way to charge transaction fee for JPY, too?

Beside, in this link: https://developer.squareup.com/docs/payments-api/take-payments-and-collect-fees

You specifically mentioned that Australia users should read "the Product Disclosure Statement for the Payments API Application Fee (PAAF) service and the Financial Services Guide.”

But I read this article and it seems same as the process to charge transaction fee for other currencies. Is there some difference between Australia and other countries?

My questions are a lot. Sorry about that. We are currently in development of Square integration. So I’m eagerly looking forward to your email. Hope you can help me with these questions. Thanks a lot!

Re: International availability of Square API to charge transaction fee

Valentina — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 18:59:20 GMT

Hi there @hanjin 👋

Cross-border card payments are unsupported. This means that card transactions attempted outside of the country where you activated your Square account can’t be processed with Square. You would need a US account to accept payments in the US, an Australian account to process payments in Australia, etc. This should help answer a lot of your questions above! Learn more here.

When you ask, "Do we need 5 cards for 5 countries, or we can use one card and link it to the 5 accounts?" - do you mean to ask about card readers or bank accounts rather than cards? I'm not sure what you're asking here - I'll keep my eyes peeled for your response!

P.S. Welcome to the Seller Community ✨

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