What fees is applied to donations?
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For details related to payment processing fees on donations made via
Singapore
For donations to registered charities, a standard payment processing fee of 1.5% applies for credit and debit card donations. So when you donate $100 to a charity, $98.50 reaches the charity after 1.5% is deducted as payment processing fee.
For donations to non-registered charities, typically personal fundraisers, payment processing fee if your bank account is in Singapore:
- Singaporean Visa and Mastercard: 1.9% + $ 0.30
- All Other cards: 3.2% + $ 0.50
- All transactions below $ 4: 5% + $ 0.10
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Where the presentment currency (the currency paid by the donor) is different than the settlement currency (the currency paid to the fundraiser) an additional foreign exchange fee of 2% of the transaction amount will be applied to the transaction
Hong Kong
For donations to registered charities, a standard payment processing fee of 1.5% applies for credit and debit card donations. So when you donate $100 to a charity, $98.50 reaches the charity after 1.5% is deducted as payment processing fee.
For donations to non-registered charities, typically personal fundraisers, payment processing fee if your bank account is in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Visa and MC cards: 2.2% + HKD 1.70
- All other cards: 3.4% + HKD 2.35
- All transactions below HKD 25: 5% + HKD 0.60
- Where the presentment currency (the currency paid by the donor) is different than the settlement currency (the currency paid to the fundraiser) an additional foreign exchange fee of 2% of the transaction amount will be applied to the transaction