Union vendors no longer taking credit cards

Dining Services at the Indiana Memorial Union have stopped accepting credit cards for a short period of time as a result of high merchant rates, said Steve Mangan, general manager of Sodexo, which operates the food services in the IMU.

Members of the Sodexo management team decided to shut down credit card machines last Friday when the rates had become too high for the company to afford, Mangan said.

Sodexo is currently renegotiating the rates through the University and expects to have a solution shortly, Mangan said.

“We hope to have it resolved as soon as possible,” he said.

While credit cards will not be accepted, Mangan said students can still use ATMs located at the Union as well as CampusAccess cards or Union Plus accounts.

Mangan said he has not seen a significant decrease in sales at this time.

“But a few students is more than I want to lose,” he said. “We’re pushing to get it fixed.”