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Acquiring
7.1 Acquirer Obligations and Activities
To register a Merchant as a Payment Facilitator, the Acquirer must:
1. Submit all information and material required by the Corporation in
connection with the proposed registration within sixty (60) calendar days of
the registration application submission date; and
2. Ensure that the Payment Facilitator is compliant with the MasterCard Site Data
Protection (SDP) Program in accordance with the implementation schedule
applicable to Merchants set forth in Rule 8.10 of this rulebook. Before
initiating registration, the Customer 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
subsection 8.10.2 of this rulebook 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 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 Account and Transaction data.
The Acquirer, or if an Affiliate, its Sponsoring Principal, must use the MasterCard
Registration Program (MRP) system on MasterCard Connect to complete the
registration procedure.
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 to the
Interchange System. 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, it’s Sponsoring
Principal 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.
7.1.3.4 Payment Facilitator Obligations
A Payment Facilitator is a Merchant and has all of the rights and responsibilities
of a Merchant under the Standards.
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