MasterCard Rules (PDF)

Service Providers
7.6 Service Provider Registration
7.6.2 Registration Requirements for Type I TPPs
A TPP that the Corporation designates as a Type I TPP, upon receiving
notification of such designation, must apply to be registered by the Corporation
as a Type I TPP and must be registered by the Corporation as a Type I TPP
before commencing to provide TPP Program Service. A Type I TPP that
also wishes to provide ISO Program Service to one or more Customers must
be distinctly proposed to the Corporation or a Service Provider Registration
Facilitator for registration by each Customer wishing to receive ISO Program
Service from that Type I TPP.
Post-registration by the Corporation of a Type I TPP, on a quarterly basis, the
applicable fee is charged by the Corporation directly to the Type I TPP. Renewal
of Type I TPP registration status is at the sole discretion of the Corporation.
7.6.3 Registration Requirements for Type III TPPs
NOTE
A Rule on this topic appears in Chapter 15, “United States Region Rules.”
7.6.4 Registration of a Service Provider Registration Facilitator
A Customer itself must request that a person be registered by the Corporation
as a Service Provider Registration Facilitator (SPRF) and a person must be
registered by the Corporation as an SPRF before commencing to provide Service
Provider registration Program Service.
7.6.5 Service Provider Registration Noncompliance
A Principal and Association that fails to comply with these Service Provider
registration requirements, including the failure to complete a Service Provider
registration within 60 days as set forth in Rule 7.6.1, is subject to noncompliance
assessments of up to USD 25,000 for each 30-day period of noncompliance.
7.6.6 Prohibition from Acting as a Service Provider
The Corporation reserves the right to prohibit, either for a fixed period of time
or permanently, a Service Provider, its owners, officers, and/or employees from
performing Program Service or acting as a DSE or both.
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