Helcim Introduces New Fees: +10¢ for Tap to Pay on iPhone and +0.4% for Recurring Payments Transactions
What happened
Between the Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025 captures of Helcim's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Tap to Pay on iPhone payment option introduced with +10¢ per transaction fee; Recurring Payments feature now charges +0.4% per transaction (previously included at no additional cost). Pulse files it as a packaging change (new add-on, threshold added) with an upward direction.
Helcim's previous recorded change was "Helcim Reduces In-Person Credit Card Processing Rate by 10 Basis Points to 1.83% + 8¢" (Q3 2024). Helcim has been tracked since 2025-11-11.
In the same window Shopify and Stripe also changed their Finance & Accounting pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · Add-onAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterTap to Pay on iPhone payment option
- — · LimitAddedNo +0.4% per transaction+0.4% per transaction
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Add-on | Not listed | Tap to Pay on iPhone payment option | Added |
| — | Limit | No +0.4% per transaction | +0.4% per transaction | Added |
Values as written on Helcim's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Helcim's pricing page (helcim.com) from Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where Tap to Pay on iPhone payment option now appears.
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Helcim, the last 90 days
Full history- Q3 2025increaseHelcim Increases Smart Terminal Monthly Payment by 6.7% to $32/mo
- Q1 2025improvedHelcim Introduces Free Next Business Day Deposits for Credit and Debit Card Payments
- Q4 2024packagingHelcim Introduces New Fees: +10¢ for Tap to Pay on iPhone and +0.4% for Recurring Payments Transactions · this change
- Q3 2024decreaseHelcim Reduces In-Person Credit Card Processing Rate by 10 Basis Points to 1.83% + 8¢
Across Finance & Accounting in the same window
All Finance & Accounting changes- ShopifyOct 28Shopify drops free Shopify Academy courses perk from all four pricing plans
- ShopifyOct 26Shopify rewrites POS comparison, adds customer profiles and returns rows
- ShopifyOct 23Shopify simplifies in-person sales messaging, adds plan comparison rows
- StripeOct 19Stripe Data Pipeline adds Postgres database sync tier
- ShopifyOct 16Shopify cuts Grow to $79 and Advanced to $299, reversing D288 hike
Questions about this change
Did Helcim raise prices in January 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new add-on, threshold added.
What changed on Helcim's pricing page between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025?
Add-on: Not listed → Tap to Pay on iPhone payment option, added; limit: No +0.4% per transaction → +0.4% per transaction, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Helcim change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Helcim in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Helcim Reduces In-Person Credit Card Processing Rate by 10 Basis Points to 1.83% + 8¢" in Q3 2024; Helcim has been tracked since 2025-11-11.