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Merchants
5.5 Payment Facilitator Obligations
must instruct the proposed Payment Facilitator to contact the Corporation
via e-mail at sdp@mastercard.com and validate its compliance with the
SDP Program using the tools described in section 10.3.2 of the Security
Rules and Procedures manual, or if the proposed Payment Facilitator is not
compliant, provide a Corporation-approved compliance action plan. A
Corporation-approved compliance action plan does not exempt the Acquirer
or its Sponsoring Principal or Association if applicable from responsibility
and liability that arises from the noncompliance of the Payment Facilitator
or any of its sponsored Sub-merchants with any Standard, including
those relating to the disclosure and securing of Cardholder account and
Transaction data.
The Acquirer must receive the Corporation’s written or e-mail confirmation
of the Payment Facilitator’s registration before the Acquirer may submit
Transactions from the Payment Facilitator or any of its Sub-merchants into
interchange. In its sole discretion, the Corporation may approve or may reject
any application for the registration of a Payment Facilitator.
To maintain the registration of a Payment Facilitator, the Acquirer must submit
such information and material as may be required by the Corporation from time
to time, including but not limited to a copy of the agreement between the
Acquirer and Payment Facilitator. In its sole discretion, the Corporation may
decline to renew the registration of a Payment Facilitator.
The Corporation will collect all registration, renewal and any other applicable
fee(s) then in effect, if any, from the Acquirer or if an Affiliate, its Sponsoring
Principal or Association via the MasterCard Consolidated Billing System (MCBS).
If the Acquirer ceases to accept Sub-merchant Transactions from or terminates a
Payment Facilitator, the Acquirer must notify the Corporation of the date and
reasons for such action within one week of the decision. In its sole discretion,
the Corporation may require an Acquirer to cease to accept Sub-merchant
Transactions from a Payment Facilitator at any time.
5.5 Payment Facilitator Obligations
A Payment Facilitator is a Merchant and has all of the rights and responsibilities
of a Merchant under the Standards.
The Acquirer must ensure that its Payment Facilitator satisfies all of the
obligations set forth in this Rule 5.5.
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MasterCard Rules • 12 December 2012 5-7