Maestro Global Rules (PDF) - MasterCard

Asia/Pacific Region
1.3 Application to be a Customer
A Customer may participate in one of the following categories:
1. Full Customer: A Full Customer is a financial institution that issues Cards
and acquires Transactions.
2. Issuing Customer: An Issuing Customer is a financial institution that issues
Cards but does not acquire Transactions.
3. Acquiring Customer: An Acquiring Customer is a financial institution or
an entity eligible under Rule 1.2. (5.b), of part 1 of this rulebook that
acquires Transactions but does not issue Cards. This type of Customer is
also referred to as an “Acquiring-only” Customer in this rulebook.
All Customers are deemed to be Principals, unless they are accepted by
the Corporation as Affiliates (formerly known in the Region as “Sponsored
Customers”).
Principals, regardless of whether they are Full Customers, Issuing Customers, or
Acquiring Customers, may Sponsor Customers in all categories of License, i.e.,
Full Customers, Issuing Customers and Acquiring Customers.
1.3 Application to be a Customer
In addition to the rules in Chapter 1, “Participation, Rule 1.3.1 in part 1 of this
rulebook, the following apply:
In the event that:
4. an Issuing Customer or an Acquiring Customer wishes to become a Full
Customer; or
5. a Full Customer wishes to become only an Issuing Customer or an Acquiring
Customer.
1.6 Obligations, Rights and Responsibilities
1.6.7 Additional Rules for Participation
With the exception of Issuers in American Samoa, Guam, and Northern Mariana>>
Islands, Customers must not participate as an Issuer of debit cards in any
Competing EFT POS Network. A Customer, including a Customer in American
Samoa, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands, must not participate as an Issuer
of debit cards in any Competing International ATM Network.
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