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Table of Contents Section 15a—United States Region Debit-related Rules........................................................15-24 Organization of this Section............................................................................................15-24 Definitions ......................................................................................................................15-24 2.7 Liability for Assigned ICAs and BINs ........................................................................15-24 2.19 Risk of Loss .............................................................................................................15-25 4.2 General Rules for Use of the Marks ..........................................................................15-25 5.1 The Merchant Agreement..........................................................................................15-25 5.8 Card Acceptance Requirements ................................................................................15-25 Section 15b—United States Region PIN-based Debit Transaction Rules ...............................15-27 Organization of this Section............................................................................................15-27 Definitions ......................................................................................................................15-27 3.9 Transaction Requirements.........................................................................................15-27 Appendix A Geographical Regions ........................................................ A-i A.1 Asia/Pacific Region............................................................................................................A-1 A.2 Canada Region ..................................................................................................................A-2 A.3 Europe Region...................................................................................................................A-2 A.3.1 Single European Payments Area (SEPA) ...................................................................A-4 A.4 Latin America and the Caribbean Region ..........................................................................A-5 A.5 South Asia/Middle East/Africa Region ...............................................................................A-7 A.6 United States Region..........................................................................................................A-9 Appendix B Transaction Identification Requirements...........................B-i B.1 Transaction Date................................................................................................................B-1 B.2 MasterCard PayPass Transactions......................................................................................B-1 B.2.1 Post-Authorized Aggregated PayPass Transit Transactions.......................................B-3 B.2.2 PayPass-only Transactions .......................................................................................B-5 B.3 Quick Payment Service Transactions.................................................................................B-7 B.4 Payment Transactions........................................................................................................B-8 B.5 Mobile Remote Payment Transactions.............................................................................B-10 Appendix C Cardholder-activated Terminal (CAT) Transactions ...........C-i C.1 CAT Transactions ..............................................................................................................C-1 C.2 CAT Level Requirements....................................................................................................C-2 C.2.1 Dual Capability for CAT 1 and CAT 2 .......................................................................C-2 C.2.2 CAT Level 1: Automated Dispensing Machines (CAT 1)...........................................C-2 C.2.3 CAT Level 2: Self-Service Terminal (CAT 2)..............................................................C-3 ©1969–2012 MasterCard. Proprietary. All rights reserved. xvi 12 December 2012 • MasterCard Rules
Table of Contents C.2.4 CAT Level 3: Limited Amount Terminals (CAT 3).....................................................C-4 C.2.5 CAT Level 4: In-Flight Commerce (IFC) Terminals (CAT 4)......................................C-5 C.2.6 CAT Level 6: Electronic Commerce Transactions (CAT 6) ........................................C-8 C.2.7 CAT Level 7: Transponder Transactions (CAT 7) ......................................................C-9 Appendix D Lodging Merchant Services ............................................... D-i D.1 Guaranteed Reservations.................................................................................................. D-1 D.2 Express Checkout............................................................................................................. D-2 D.3 Advance Resort Deposit ................................................................................................... D-2 ©1969–2012 MasterCard. Proprietary. All rights reserved. MasterCard Rules • 12 December 2012 xvii
Page 1 and 2: MasterCard Rules 12 December 2012
Page 3 and 4: Summary of Changes, 12 December 201
Page 5 and 6: Description of Change Where to Look
Page 7 and 8: Table of Contents Definitions .....
Page 9 and 10: Table of Contents 3.6 Provision and
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Page 25 and 26: Card A card issued by a Customer pu
Page 27 and 28: Electronic Money Issuer An Electron
Page 29 and 30: MasterCard PayPass Magnetic Stripe
Page 31 and 32: Processed Transaction A Transaction
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Customer Obligations 3.7 Quarterly
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Customer Obligations 3.9 Additional
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Customer Obligations 3.10 Limitatio
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Chapter 4 Trademarks and Service Ma
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4.1 Right to Use the Marks 4.1.1 Li
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Trademarks and Service Marks 4.2 Ge
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NOTE Trademarks and Service Marks 4
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Trademarks and Service Marks 4.2 Ge
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Trademarks and Service Marks Compli
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Chapter 5 Merchants This chapter co
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5.1 The Merchant Agreement Merchant
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5.2 Acquirer Obligations Merchants
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Merchants 5.4 Use of a Payment Faci
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Merchants 5.5 Payment Facilitator O
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Merchants 5.5 Payment Facilitator O
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5.5.4.4 Payments to Sub-merchants M
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Merchants 5.7 Use of the Marks An A
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5.8.4 Additional Cardholder Identif
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Merchants 5.11 Prohibited Practices
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5.11.8 Disparagement NOTE 5.12 Secu
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Merchants Compliance Zones Rule Num
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Special Issuer Programs 6.6.5 Commu
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Special Issuer Programs 6.2 Affinit
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Special Issuer Programs 6.3 Brand V
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Special Issuer Programs 6.4 Remote
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Special Issuer Programs 6.6 Prepaid
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Special Issuer Programs 6.6 Prepaid
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Special Issuer Programs Compliance
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Chapter 7 Service Providers This ch
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7.1 Service Provider Categories Ser
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A person that performs any one or m
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Service Providers 7.3 General Oblig
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7.3.14 Indemnification Service Prov
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7.4.2 Collection of Funds Service P
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Service Providers 7.6 Service Provi
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Service Providers 7.7 Type I TPP Ev
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Service Providers Compliance Zones
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Sales Transactions and Cash Disburs
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8.1 Transaction Requirements Sales
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8.6 POI Currency Conversion Sales T
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Chapter 9 Settlement This chapter c
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Settlement 9.3 Currency Conversion
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Settlement 9.6 Cost Studies 9.5.2 I
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Chapter 10 Asia/Pacific Region Rule
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Organization of this Chapter Asia/P
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Asia/Pacific Region Rules 4.1 Right
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Asia/Pacific Region Rules 5.11 Proh
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6.2 Affinity and Co-Brand Card Prog
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Asia/Pacific Region Rules Section 1
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Asia/Pacific Region Rules Section 1
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9.5.2 Intraregional Fees Asia/Pacif
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Organization of this Chapter Canada
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Canada Region Rules 8.4 Requirement
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Canada Region Rules Section 11a—C
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Canada Region Rules Section 11a—C
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Chapter 12 Europe Region Rules This
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Europe Region Rules 8.4.3.3 MasterC
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Organization of this Chapter Defini
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2.3.2 Central Acquiring Europe Regi
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2.3.2.5 Registration Procedure Euro
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Europe Region Rules 3.4 Choice of L
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c. The basis for calculation of the
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Europe Region Rules 3.6 Provision a
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Europe Region Rules 3.10 Limitation
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5.1 The Merchant Agreement 5.1.2 Re
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8.1 Transaction Requirements 8.1.1
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Europe Region Rules 8.3 Card Accept
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8.4.3 Card-not-present Transactions
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Europe Region Rules 8.4 Requirement
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Europe Region Rules 8.4 Requirement
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Europe Region Rules 8.8 Use of Auto
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Europe Region Rules 9.2 Net Settlem
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2.7 Liability for Assigned ICAs and
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8.4.5 Purchase With Cash Back Trans
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Europe Region Rules Section 12b—S
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Chapter 13 Latin America and the Ca
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Latin America and the Caribbean Reg
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Organization of this Chapter South
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South Asia/Middle East/Africa Regio
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4.2 General Rules for Use of the Ma
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Section 14b—India Rules Organizat
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8.4.5 Purchase With Cash Back Trans
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United States Region Rules 5.11.2 C
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Organization of this Chapter Defini
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United States Region Rules 2.11 Sal
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United States Region Rules 3.8 Auth
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United States Region Rules 3.9 Addi
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United States Region Rules 3.13 Acc
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United States Region Rules 5.11 Pro
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7.2 Service Provider Categories 7.1
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United States Region Rules 7.6 Serv
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United States Region Rules 8.2 Auth
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Effective Date MCC Description 7997
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NOTE Effective Date MCC Description
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United States Region Rules 8.9 Acqu
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2.19 Risk of Loss United States Reg
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United States Region Rules Section
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Appendix A Geographical Regions A.1
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Geographical Regions A.2 Canada Reg
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Geographical Regions A.3.1 Single E
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Appendix B Transaction Identificati
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Transaction Identification Requirem
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Appendix C Cardholder-activated Ter
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Appendix D Lodging Merchant Service
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Lodging Merchant Services D.2 Expre
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