- Westpac Group has announced it will proactively contact merchant customers to activate Merchant Choice Routing (MCR) also called least cost routing
- Westpac’s decision will help merchant customers with Westpac owned terminals activate pricing that’s best for them
- MCR has been available since April 2019 as an opt-in for merchants operating on Westpac owned terminals
- Over the coming months Westpac will reach out to our customers who we believe would benefit from MCR
- Westpac is doing the right thing by Australian small businesses in this economic crisis in delivering least cost routing
- The impact of the pandemic on small business earnings and the potential for MCR to provide cost savings for merchants
