Maestro Global Rules (PDF) - MasterCard

Processing Requirements
9.5 Processing Requirements
9.4.7 Processing Requirements—Mail Order/Telephone Order
(MO/TO) Transactions (UK, Ireland, Turkey, and France)
NOTE
Additional regional Rules on this topic appear in Chapter 17, “Europe Region,”
of this rulebook.
9.4.8 Gaming Payment Transactions—Europe Region Only
NOTE
Regional Rules on this topic appear in Chapter 17, “Europe Region,” of this
rulebook.
9.4.9 Processing Requirements—Recurring Payments
NOTE
Additional regional Rules and rule variations on this topic appear in Chapter
17, “Europe Region,” of this rulebook.
9.5 Processing Requirements
Customers must submit to the Corporation, either directly or indirectly through
their Sponsor, completed IRT and IDF input documents, no later than ten
(10) business days prior to the requested effective date of live processing in
the Corporation, which will be verified against the License Agreement on file
prior to file update.
The Corporation may, at its discretion and upon request from a Principal,
facilitate file updates of IRT and IDF input documents received less than ten
(10) business days prior to the requested effective date of live processing in the
Corporation. In these cases, the Principal will be subject to a forms handling
fee for each IRT and IDF document processed.
The following requirements apply only to electronic functions performed by
POI Terminals or Service Providers, and do not apply to manual functions
performed at the POS:
1. Transactions initiated with a Card may not be declined due to BIN/IIN
validation by POI Terminals or Service Providers.
2. Transactions initiated with a Card may not be declined by POI Terminals
or Service Providers as a result of edits or validations performed on the
following data elements:
a. PAN length;
b. expiration date;
c. service code;
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Maestro Global Rules • 9 November 2012 9-15