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Merchants
5.5 Payment Facilitator Obligations
d. the Corporation may at any time, immediately and without advance
notice, prohibit the Sub-merchant from using any of the Marks for any
reason;
e. the Corporation has the right to enforce any provision of the Standards
and to prohibit the Sub-merchant and/or its Payment Facilitator from
engaging in any conduct the Corporation deems could injure or could
create a risk of injury to the Corporation, including injury to reputation,
or that could adversely affect the integrity of the Interchange System,
the Corporation’s Confidential Information as defined in the Standards,
or both; and
f. the Sub-merchant will not take any action that could interfere with or
prevent the exercise of this right by the Corporation.
The Sub-merchant agreement must not contain any terms that conflict with
any Standard.
5.5.4 Obligations as Sponsor of Sub-merchants
A Payment Facilitator must fulfill all of the following obligations with respect
to each of its Sub-merchants.
5.5.4.1 Submit Valid Transactions
The Payment Facilitator must submit to its Acquirer records of valid Transactions
submitted by a Sub-merchant and involving a bona fide Cardholder. The
Payment Facilitator must not submit to its Acquirer any Transaction that the
Payment Facilitator or the Sub-merchant knows or should have known to be
fraudulent or not authorized by the Cardholder, or that either knows or should
have known to be authorized by a Cardholder colluding with the Sub-merchant
for a fraudulent purpose. For purposes of this Rule, the Sub-merchant is deemed
to be responsible for the conduct of its employees, agents, and representatives.
5.5.4.2 Sub-merchant Compliance with the Standards
The Payment Facilitator is responsible for ensuring that each of its
Sub-merchants complies with the Standards, including but not limited to the
Card acceptance requirements set forth in Rule 5.6. The Payment Facilitator
must take such actions that may be necessary or appropriate to ensure the
Sub-merchant’s ongoing compliance with the Standards.
5.5.4.3 Maintaining Sub-merchant Information
The Payment Facilitator must maintain, on an ongoing basis, the names,
addresses, and URLs if applicable of each of its Sub-merchants. The Acquirer
must ensure that the Payment Facilitator promptly supplies the Corporation
with any such information upon request.
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