The network access and brand usage fee is a $0.0185 per transaction fee established by Mastercard in the spring of 2009. It is similar to assessments, in that the fee is kept by mastercard, not passed along to the credit card issuing banks. This fee replaces a $0.005 per transaction fee.
Visa at the same time established a similar fee called the Acquirer Processing Fee, a $0.019 per transaction fee which also replaces a previously $0.005 per transaction fee.
The April issue of Digital Transactions magazine estimates that the NABU will generate an additional $185M each year for Mastercard.
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April 7th, 2009 Visa Acquirer Processing Fee says:
[...] at the same time established a similar fee called the Network Access and Brand Usage Fee (NABU), a $0.0185 per transaction fee which also replaces a previously $0.005 per transaction [...]
August 23rd, 2010 That Random Charge on Your Credit Card Processing Statement? Might Be Fraud. says:
[...] adds to the confusion by permitting random acronyms and abbreviations merchants don’t know. NABU fee on your statement? It stands for Network Access and Brand Usage Fee….but how many people [...]