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Sales Transactions and Cash Disbursements
8.4 Requirements for Specific Transaction Types
a. MCC 7941—Athletic Fields, Commercial Sports, Professional Sports
Clubs, Sports Promoters
b. MCC 7929—Bands, Orchestras, and Miscellaneous Entertainers not
elsewhere classified
7. Merchants located in Poland that use MCC 5994—News Dealers and
Newsstands.
POS Terminals that utilize only the MasterCard PayPass contactless payment
functionality at Merchants using the following MCCs are not required to provide
a Transaction receipt at the time the Transaction is conducted; however, the
Merchant must have a means by which to provide a receipt to the Cardholder
upon request. If such means involves the storage, transmission, or processing
of Card data, then it must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security
Standard (PCI DSS). The manner in which to request a receipt must be clearly
displayed at the Merchant location.
• MCC 4111—Transportation—Suburban and Local Commuter, Passenger,
including Ferries
• MCC 4112—Passenger Railways
• MCC 4131—Bus Lines
• MCC 4789—Transportation Services—not elsewhere classified
• MCC 7523—Automobile Parking Lots and Garages
POS Terminals that utilize only the MasterCard PayPass contactless payment
functionality at Merchants using the following MCCs are not required to provide
a Transaction receipt at the time the Transaction is conducted; however, the
Merchant must have a means by which to provide a receipt to the Cardholder
upon request. If such means involves the storage, transmission, or processing
of Card data, then it must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security
Standard (PCI DSS). The manner in which to request a receipt must be clearly
displayed at the Merchant location.
For requirements related to the identification of PayPass-only Transactions
occurring at an unattended POS Terminal, see Rule B.2.2 in Appendix B.
8.4.4.3 MasterCard PayPass-M/Chip Transaction Offline
Authorization Limit Amounts
If a MasterCard PayPass-M/Chip Transaction occurs at a Merchant using an
MCC listed below and located in Australia, Hong Kong, Macao, Malaysia, New
Zealand, or Singapore, and the Transaction exceeds the applicable offline
authorization limit amount, the Transaction must be authorized online by the
Issuer. If the Transaction amount is equal to or less than the applicable offline
authorization limit amount, the Transaction may be authorized offline by the
EMV chip.
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MasterCard Rules • 12 December 2012 8-23