New Zealand, we need your help!
Together, we can redirect a mighty big chunk of this to charity each year:
$461 million
Total amount of electronic card transaction fees charged to kiwi merchants in 2015*
And it's really quite easy!
Using Choice is free & easy
Instead of paying at stores with your credit or debit card, open the Choice app on your phone and scan the Choice QR code at checkout.
1. Connect your bank account
The app will take you to a
secure and approved
authentication screen provided by your bank. Once you connect with your account, you are authorised to pay at our participating Kiwi businesses.2. Scan at the counter
Now to shop with impact!
Scan the ChoiceQR code when you get to the counter. Securely pay straight from your phone.
3. Track your impact
We redirect 50% of the transaction fee that Kiwi businesses pay Choice to your nominated New Zealand charity.
Track your impact in the Choice App.
Kiwis are paying too much.$461 million in 2015, to be precise!
, to be precise!
Every time you pay with your card at stores, our kiwi businesses are charged a fee.
Most fees are percentage based for the average Kiwi business. Larger merchants can leverage lower fees or even small, fixed fees. This is not equitable in its current form!
What do they do with all that money?
Dunno. We suspect it lines the pockets of fat cats in stripy suits.
2-3%
Credit Card
+1%
Contactless debit card*
(i.e. Paywave)
*20% contactless usage increase in 2017
When did we decide it was okay to put profit before people and planet?
This money could be going to where it is needed more:
1 in 3 Kiwi kids live under the income poverty line
80% of our native bird species are endangered
We have the highest youth suicide rate in the world
That’s where Choice steps in
We’ve decided
enough is enough
So
is using
kiwi ingenuity
, aroha
and people power
to build a better way to pay that enables you to send that money to where it is needed most.And the fees that Kiwis pay are reduced, with half going And the fees that Kiwis pay are reduced, with half going directly to the Kiwi's that need it most.
It’s a win-win-win for everyone.
Choice transaction fee
A flat rate, reduced transaction fee that's the same for everyone.
50% goes to charity
Choice redirects half of the transaction fee that Kiwi businesses pay Choice to your nominated New Zealand charity. The rest stays in Aotearoa to grow our mahi.
Start paying the choice way
Join the movement
It's free and takes two minutes to set up.
Put people and planet before profit.
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