How Level 3 Recovery Works

From PDF upload to dollar-precise leakage analysis in under 60 seconds. Here's exactly what happens when you upload your merchant statement.

The 3-Step Process

1

Upload Your Merchant Statement PDF

Your merchant statement is the monthly document your payment processor sends showing your fee breakdown, interchange categories, and volume. It's usually found in your processor's online portal under "Statements" or "Reports."

What we accept: Any merchant statement PDF from any major processor - Chase Paymentech, Elavon, TSYS, First Data, Worldpay, Stripe, Square, and more. Statements vary in format, but our AI is trained to handle all major layouts.

Where to find your statement: Log into your processor's merchant portal. Look for "Statements," "Billing," or "Reports" in the navigation. Download the most recent monthly statement as a PDF.
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AI Analyzes Your Interchange Categories

Our AI reads your statement and extracts every interchange category listed - each card type (Visa Commercial, Mastercard Business, etc.) with the rate you were charged and the volume processed at that category.

Then it compares each category against the current Level 3 / CEDP rate schedule to determine what you should have paid if your processor was submitting the proper data fields.

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Extracts your rates
Per interchange category
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Matches to rate table
Level 3 / CEDP schedule
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Calculates leakage
Monthly + annual
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Get Your Leakage Report

You get a shareable dashboard showing the exact dollar amount you're overpaying annually, broken down by each interchange category. Share it with your CFO, board, or payment consultant.

The free Leakage Report shows you the size of the problem. The Optimization Blueprint ($2,500) gives you the exact gateway configuration settings and implementation steps to fix it.

What Is Level 3 / CEDP? (Plain English for CFOs)

When your customer pays with a commercial credit card - a Visa Corporate card, Mastercard Purchasing card, or Amex Business card - the card network charges an "interchange fee" to your processor, which passes it to you.

Interchange rates have tiers based on how much transaction data is submitted. The more data, the lower the rate - because the card networks see detailed transactions as lower fraud risk.

Data Level Required Fields Typical Rate Range Status (2026)
Standard Commercial Basic card data only 2.65% - 3.10% Default for most merchants
Level 2 + Tax amount, customer code 2.25% - 2.65% Sunset by Visa Jan 2026
Level 3 / CEDP + Line items, PO#, ship-to ZIP 1.55% - 1.95% Available now - Visa CEDP

The 2026 problem: Visa sunset Level 2 in January 2026 and replaced both Level 2 and 3 with the "Commercial Enhanced Data Program" (CEDP). Merchants previously on Level 2 now pay standard rates unless they implement CEDP. Most processors haven't proactively told their clients.

Mastercard still uses the Level 3 designation. The practical requirements are nearly identical to CEDP - line item data, purchase order numbers, and tax information submitted with each transaction.

Frequently Asked Questions

Interchange leakage occurs when a merchant pays a higher interchange rate than they're eligible for. For B2B companies, this happens because their payment processor isn't submitting the enhanced data fields required for Level 3 or CEDP rates. The difference between standard commercial card rates (~2.95%) and Level 3 qualified rates (~1.90%) represents money that could stay in your business. On $10M in annual card volume, that's $105,000 in annual leakage.
Level 3 interchange rates are reduced rates available to B2B merchants who submit enhanced transaction data - including line item details (SKU, quantity, unit price), purchase order numbers, tax amounts, and shipping destination. As of 2026, Visa replaced Level 2/3 with the Commercial Enhanced Data Program (CEDP), but the requirement is the same: submit invoice-quality data to qualify for the lower rate tier.
Visa sunset its Level 2 program in January 2026 and consolidated Level 2 and Level 3 into the Commercial Enhanced Data Program (CEDP). CEDP requires full invoice-quality data fields. Merchants who were submitting only Level 2 data are now getting standard interchange rates unless they've upgraded to CEDP-compliant data. Mastercard still uses the Level 3 designation with similar requirements.
Yes. Your merchant statement PDF is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest (Cloudflare R2 server-side encryption). We never see card numbers - merchant statements only show aggregate fee categories and volumes, not individual cardholder data. We are not in PCI scope. Report URLs use unguessable UUIDs. We do not sell or share your data.
Just your most recent monthly merchant statement as a PDF. You can export this from your processor's merchant portal under "Statements" or "Billing." No account required for the free Leakage Report - just upload the PDF and enter your email. You'll get a link to your report immediately.
The $2,500 Optimization Blueprint includes: (1) Gateway configuration settings specific to your processor, (2) Required data field mapping per card network (Visa CEDP and Mastercard Level 3), (3) Processor-specific implementation templates for common gateways, (4) Step-by-step implementation roadmap for your IT team, (5) Visa CEDP compliance checklist, and (6) Priority email support. It's a one-time payment - no subscription.
The AI correctly extracts interchange categories from approximately 80-85% of merchant statements on the first attempt. Statements from major processors (Chase, Elavon, TSYS, First Data) parse with high accuracy. Some smaller or non-standard statement formats may require manual review. If we can't automatically parse your statement, we'll note that in the report and offer manual review.
Your business likely qualifies if: (1) You accept commercial, corporate, or purchasing cards from business customers, (2) Your transactions are B2B (business-to-business), and (3) Your merchant category code (MCC) is eligible. Typical qualifying businesses include B2B wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, and professional services firms processing commercial card payments from business clients.

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