Research Request Form

Please provide as much of the following information as you can to assist us in researching your records. If additional interchange data can be found, you will be notified.

Please only submit information for your Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN).

Average Yearly Total Payment Card Sales Volume During the Class Period:

Please select the option below that best estimates the average yearly revenue associated with this TIN during the class period. Average Yearly Total Payment Card Sales Volume During the Class Period: *(Required)

Merchant Services Sample Statements:

The best way for you to assist us in locating additional Interchange Fees Paid for your business is to provide copies of monthly statements from your Merchant Services Processor that processed Mastercard and Visa transactions for you from 2004-2019. This Merchant Services Processor is also sometimes called an “acquirer.” The Merchant Services Processor is often a bank such as Bank of America, Chase, Citibank or Wells Fargo. The Merchant Services Processor could also be a specialist firm such as Fiserv, Worldpay, Global Payments or Elavon. Uploading even one or two monthly statements for a single store can often provide information that will allow us to locate substantially all of your Interchange Fees Paid through that Merchant Services Processor.

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    Merchant Processing Details:

    The Merchant ID# assigned by your Merchant Services Processor generally appears at the top of your Merchant Services statements and is the same Merchant Services Processor Merchant ID# for all of your stores. In some instances, this identifier may be indicated as your “Account Number” instead of “Merchant ID#” on your Merchant Service statements. If you decided to switch Merchant Services Processors one or more times 2004-2019, each of your Merchant Services Processors would most likely have assigned your business a new Merchant Number. However, if the change in your Merchant Services Processor was because of a merger or analogous transaction, you may have kept the same Merchant ID# even though the Merchant Services Processor entity name at the top of your statement changed. Examples of such transactions among Merchant Services Processors include Bank of America’s acquisition of National Processing in 2006 and Worldpay and Vantiv combining in 2018. Please provide all Merchant Services Processor Merchant ID numbers available to you. Please only enter one at a time.
    Please provide the name of the bank or specialist firm that processed Mastercard and Visa debit card and credit card transactions for the store. If you changed your Merchant Services Processor between 2004-2019, please provide each Merchant Services Processor name and the date range or approximate years you used the Merchant Services Processor for that store. This Merchant Services Processor is also sometimes called an “acquirer.” The Merchant Services Processor is often a bank such as Bank of America, Chase, Citibank or Wells Fargo. The Merchant Services Processor could also be a specialist firm such as Fiserv, Worldpay, Global Payments or Elavon. Please enter only one Merchant Services Processor and Date Range at a time.
    DBA “DBA Name” or “Doing Business As Name”, and is the merchant name that appeared in your customers’ Mastercard and Visa debit card and credit card statements when they did business with you. In addition, if your Store Number appeared on your customers’ Mastercard and Visa statements, this information can be helpful to us in locating data for you. Please provide any Store Names or Store Numbers associated with this merchant below. Please provide only one DBA at a time.
    Address Associated With This Merchant Processor:(Required)
    Please provide as much information as you can about the location(s) in which you operated. If you have street addresses for your Store(s), please provide them. Even partial geographic information can be useful. For example, if your stores were in Kansas, Illinois and Iowa, this state information alone can be helpful. Likewise, the Store City can be helpful even if you do not know the Store ZIP Code. Please enter only one Store Location Information at a time. If you want to provide more than one, click on the 'Add' button below. If you operated at numerous Store Addresses, you can upload a spreadsheet of all Store address or location information available to you.

    If you prefer to upload a spreadsheet if you have many store addresses, you may download the template using the link below. DO NOT upload a spreadsheet formatted in any other way than that of the template. Spreadsheets uploaded must be the pre-formatted "Store Address Spreadsheet." Failure to upload a correctly-formatted spreadsheet could delay the processing of your request.

    Download Address Spreadsheet Template.

    Each file must be less than 20 MB and in one of the following formats: csv, xls, or xlsx.

    You are required to upload at least 1 document to submit your information.

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      Additional Information:

      Any additional information you can provide to us about how your Mastercard and Visa transactions were processed can be helpful in identifying additional interchange fees paid for you in the data. For example, if your store name changed from Joe’s Coffee to Jane’s Coffee in 2014, this information can be highly relevant and useful. If your Interchange Fees Paid shown on the website is low or missing only for a specific date range, please tell us which years to research.