Students who have used credit cards to pay their bursar bills may be affected by new rules from the bursar’s office.

Students can no longer pay their bursar bill with a credit card in the bursar’s office or over the telephone, and those who pay with a credit card will be subject to a 2.75 percent convenience fee, according to the bursar’s Web site.

Students who choose to pay their bursar bill with a credit card have to do so through oZONE, said Matt Hamilton, registrar and associate vice president for enrollment and student financial services.

“The bursar’s office has set up terminals in Buchannan Hall for those paying with credit cards who may not be aware that credit cards must be paid online,” Hamilton said.

The convenience fee will cover charges that are assessed by credit card companies to the users. However, students who pay with checks, cash or money orders can avoid the convenience fee, according to the Web site.

“Additionally, the university can no longer accept Visa for bursar payments,” Hamilton said.

This is due to Visa’s rules regarding convenience fees, according to the site.

Matt Haben, mechanical engineer junior, and Caleb Green, economics junior, were unaware of the changes in policy regarding credit cards.

Afton Redmon, sociology sophomore, said she was also unaware of the new rules until she visited the bursar’s office.

“They’ve got signs up there. Big, bold signs,” Redmon said of displays in the bursar’s office that tell students about the changes in policy.

She said she was not affected by the new rules because she has a scholarship.

Colin Kirk, aerospace engineering senior, was unaware Visa cards could no longer be used in the bursar’s office. He also said the convenience fee for credit card usage was extraneous.

“It’s the bureaucracy milking us for every possible penny,” Kirk said.

Find out more by visiting the Office of the Bursar Web site