Plastiq has announced a change whereby select payment categories will no longer have the cash advance issue that has plagued Visa personal cards for some time. The following categories will go through fine on all cards:
- Residential Rent & HOA Fees
- Commercial Rent
- Taxes & Government Fees
- Utilities (Electricity, Cable, Internet, Telecom)
- Tuition (including daycare and camp)
[Our Plastiq contact did caution me that while these categories should not have any cash advance problems based on how they are coded, it’s ultimately up to a card issuer to decide how to treat it (e.g. an issuer can decide to self-define it as a cash advance).]
All other categories (e.g. mortgage) are still subject to the old limitations whereby select Visa cards might have issues. Plastiq will always tell you if there’s a cash advance issue, so you don’t need to worry if they don’t flag you, even if you have not reviewed the rules.
To review the Plastiq criteria, there are two separate limitations with Plastiq:
- Limitations on which categories you can pay; some things can’t be paid at all (e.g. a credit card bill) and some things can’t be paid with specific issuers (e.g. you can’t use Amex for mortgage payments.
- Separately, some cards have a cash advance issue. This issue does not affect ANY Mastercard, Discover, or Amex payments; only Visa. This issue does not affect Visa business cards. This issue does not affect Visa personal cards from Wells Fargo or Capital One. It also isn’t really a problem with Chase cards (more detail in our review). Going forward, this issue does not affect the above-mentioned categories even on a personal Visa card from an effected bank like BofA.
Full details can be found in our Plastiq review. You can review the rules on the Plastiq site here.
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tried to use Amex to pay bill with nycha and they got it under a category as “other business services” even though they work with nycha and you cant use amex on that category so no rent pay for nycha residents?
Hi,
I have used Regions Visa signature credit card (personal) to pay my student loan using Plastiq but I just saw cash advance fee charged for it. Any reasons why? Any input will be highly appreciated.
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What do Plastique payments code as?
What would something like rent or mortgage be coded as?
I think it can vary by payment recipient (rent, tuition, etc.) and sounds like Visa could have specifically changed, but FWIW, MC used to code as Utilities for student loan payments.
I’ve never used a credit card to buy a gift card or pay by Plastiq. I have to turn off the ability of cash advance on my CC. How can I do it with WF? I didn’t find this option in online bank. Is there a useful page on the web site how to spend CC money safely and on time?
Wells Fargo is fine with Plastiq
Thanks, I saw it in the topic. I have other questions. Maybe they are obvious for you. How can I turn off cash advance on a CC and maybe there is a hidden post about spending cc money. I’ve read on another site that buying gift cards could be cash advance.
You can call in and see if they’ll lower the cash advance to $0. Some banks might tell you they can’t lower it completely.
Their email states that “All Visa personal cards on Plastiq are unblocked in the following payment categories”. Does that include Metabank visa GCs?
I tried vgc today and it seemed to work. I will wait and see. Any dp already?
What was the result? I want to pay tuition with vgc
Plastic needs to bring back 3x with with the Chase business preferred if they want more customers and more usage.
Not really up to them.