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Merchant Data Standards ManualSummary of ChangesVisa Merchant Data Standards Manual –Summary of Changes for this EditionThis is a global document and should be used by members in all Visa Regions.In this edition, details have been added to the descriptions of the following MCCs in order to facilitate easiermerchant designation and classification: MCC 5541 Service Stations with or without Ancillary Services has been updated to include all enginefuel types, not just automotive MCC 5542 Automated Fuel Dispensers has been updated to include all engine fuel types, not justautomotive MCC 5812 Eating Places, Restaurants & 5814 Fast Food Restaurants have been updated to includegreater detail in order to facilitate easier segmentation MCC 5967 Direct Marketing – Inbound Telemarketing Merchants has been updated to include adultcontent MCC 6540 Non-Financial Institutions – Stored Value Card Purchase/Load has been updated to clarifythat it does not apply to Staged Digital Wallet Operators (SDWO) MCC 8398 Charitable Social Service Organizations has been updated to include crowd fundingmerchants that meet certain criteriaAdditionally, the following MCCs have been added or removed, please see the MCC description listed in thisdocument for full details Added:oMCC 5262 Marketplaces has been added for entities that accept Visa on behalf of sellerswith multiple lines of goods and services through an online marketplaceoMCC 9406 has been added for Government-Owned Lottery Non-US regionoMCC 5552 has been added for Electric Vehicle Charging merchantsoMCC 3838 has been added for Kimpton HotelsoMCC 3837 has been added for Hoshino ResortsoMCC 3302 has been added for Flybe AirRemoved:o October 2019MCC 3630 for Extended Stay Deluxe has been removedChanged:oMCC 3047 has changed from THY (Turkey) to Turkish AirlinesoMCC 3213 has changed from Malmo Aviation to Braathens Regional AirlinesVISA PUBLICi
Merchant Data Standards ManualTable of ContentsTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1Section 1: Merchant Data Requirements . 2Determining a Merchant Name . 3Determining a Merchant Location . 9Determining Merchant Category Codes . 16General Requirements. 16Mandatory Multiple MCCs . 17Section 2: Merchant Category Code Listing . 20Section 3: New MCC or MCC Change Requests . 102October 2019VISA PUBLICi
Merchant Data Standards ManualIntroductionIntroductionThe Visa Merchant Data Standards Manual contains requirements for merchant/paymentfacilitator/marketplace classification, location, and various data elements, including merchantlocation, merchant category codes (MCC), and other VisaNet data formats.October 2019VISA PUBLIC1
Merchant Data Standards ManualSection 1: Merchant Data RequirementsSection 1: Merchant Data RequirementsThis section contains requirements for assigning and formatting the following data elements: Merchant name Merchant location, payment facilitator location, digital wallet operator location, andmarketplace location (including city, state, and country formats) Supplementary merchant information Merchant category code (MCC)Merchant data must be the same as, or consistent with, comparable data throughout atransaction’s life cycle and on the transaction receipt.Visa retains the right to require corrections to non-compliant or confusing merchant data.October 2019VISA PUBLIC2
Merchant Data Standards ManualSection 1: Merchant Data RequirementsDetermining a Merchant NameGeneralrequirementsThe merchant name is the most important factor in cardholder recognition oftransactions. Correct use helps to minimize copy requests resulting fromunrecognizable merchant names and reduces costs to acquirers, issuers andmerchants.The merchant name must be the name most prominently displayed by the merchantand by which cardholders recognize the merchant (while also reflecting the merchant’s“Doing Business As” (DBA) name).Merchants may sometimes use names that do not cause confusion when viewed at themerchant premises, but may confuse the cardholder if viewed out of context on acardholder statement. Examples of such names would include a parking garage namedJohn’s Farm (that is no longer the site of a farm) or a restaurant named Ship Chandler.When the content of the merchant name is inconsistent with the MCC, the merchantname must contain extra information that identifies the type of merchant to thecardholder. In the example above, the merchant descriptor for John’s Farm must beJohn’s Farm Parking; the descriptor for Ship Chandler must be Ship ChandlerRestaurant.A merchant with multiple merchant outlets may add the city, store number, or otherunique identifier to distinguish the specific merchant outlet.Example One:A fuel station is a franchisee of a large retail chain. Accordingly, the retail chain name,brand, and colors are prominently displayed on the forecourt and inside the shop. Thename of the franchisee is in the window on an A4 notice for legal reasons. Themerchant name must be the name of the retail chain, possibly with an added indicationof the location.Example Two:An individual owns a taxicab that he leases to other drivers to provide taxi services aspart of a large taxi company chain. the taxicab displays the taxi company name and ispainted in the company’s colors. The driver leasing the taxi has his own acceptancecontract. For legal reasons, that driver’s name is on a plate on the dashboard. Themerchant name must be the name of the taxi company, possibly with the taxicabnumber to differentiate it from other taxis that provide services for the same company.The merchant name must not be the name of the taxi driver, nor may it be the name ofthe owner of the car.Example Three:A magazine offers annual subscriptions through postcards inserted in every issue.Although the magazine is one of several published by the same company, the publisheris not mentioned on the postcard. The merchant name must be the name of themagazine, as that is the name that was displayed to the cardholder. It may only be thename of the publishing house if the publisher was clearly shown on the postcard as themerchant.PaymentFacilitators andMarketplacesOctober 2019A merchant is an entity that sells services or goods to cardholders.If an entity is not selling goods or services to cardholders, but deposits transactions orreceives settlement on behalf of the merchant it must be classified as a paymentfacilitator.VISA PUBLIC3
Merchant Data Standards ManualSection 1: Merchant Data RequirementsIf an entity handles payments on behalf of sellers through an online marketplace thatbrings together multiple buyers and sellers it may be classified as a marketplace.In determining whether an entity is a merchant, payment facilitator, or marketplace, Visalooks at each transaction separately. There are a number of entities that operate as themerchant for some transactions and operate in a different capacity for othertransactions. Such entities must process each transaction according to the rules thatapply to the type of transaction.Franchise:ABC Inc. owns the franchise for The Ultimate Hamburger. ABC’s name is displayed ona printed sheet of paper in the office window, per government requirements. Everythingelse—including the large sign in corporate colors outside the shop, the menu boards,and the staff uniform—displays the Ultimate name. ABC’s location is indistinguishablefrom locations owned and run by Ultimate and locations owned by other franchisees.Any disputes are resolved with cardholders by Ultimate’s head office. To cardholders,Ultimate is representing itself as selling the goods. Ultimate qualifies as the merchant.Department Store:DJS is a department store and leases some areas on its ground floor to perfumecompanies that own the perfume they sell. The signage outside the shop is DJS, andthe entire store is in their corporate design and color. A customer can take goods fromany counter and pay for them at any cash register in the store. The customer sees theperfume brand being sold at a unique counter in the store, but they also see uniquecounters for different brands of jeans, which are owned and sold by DJS. Any disputesare resolved with cardholders by DJS customer service division. For the purpose of thetest, DJS is representing itself to the cardholder as selling all the goods in the store, andDJS qualifies as the merchant.Online Marketplace (1):Corriedale’s runs an online marketplace specializing in sales to sheep farmers. Thereare several hundred sellers represented on the website, some are major retailers andsome are individual sellers. Corriedale does not purchase or supply the goods.Customers using the website can search for a specific item or a specific seller. In eachcase, the names of the retailers are clearly displayed along with the price of the goods(which can vary by retailer) and ratings assigned by customers. The look and feel ofeach web page remains that of Corriedale. It is possible to combine and pay for goodsfrom multiple retailers in the same transaction. Corriedale sets the returns policy, butcustomer disputes are handled by individual retailers. Corriedale has in place aprocess for resolving disputes between cardholders and retailers. Corriedale is not amerchant—it does not represent itself to the cardholder as the seller of the goods. Visawould view the individual retailers as the merchants and Corriedale as a third party, andCorriedale must comply with Visa’s requirements associated with a third party.Corriedale would also qualify as a marketplace, if it obtains Visa‘s written approval.Note that Corriedale may choose to be a marketplace, or a payment facilitator. Both amarketplace and a payment facilitator must register through the Visa third partyregistration process.October 2019VISA PUBLIC4
Merchant Data Standards ManualSection 1: Merchant Data RequirementsOnline Marketplace (2)Specialist Parts of Munich (SPoM) is an online marketplace that brings together buyersand sellers of vintage car and truck parts in a single location. Sellers must arrange theirown payments, and often choose to use a payment facilitator with which themarketplace has a referral agreement. Sellers may choose their own acquirer or adifferent payment facilitator.SPoM does not qualify as a marketplace, as it does not handle payments on behalf ofits sellers. The payment facilitator with which it has a referral agreement is also not amarketplace, as its primary function is to facilitate payments; it does not bring togetherbuyers and sellers nor fill many of the other marketplace criteria.Formatting theMerchant NameVisa authorization and clearing systems provide 25 spaces in which to describe themerchant name and acquirers are required to be able to use all 25 spaces.Merchant names longer than 25 characters (this includes letters, blank spaces, and allsymbols) will not fit into the merchant name field and must be abbreviated (but not justtruncated after the 25th character). However, the part of the name that uniquelyidentifies the merchant to the cardholder must not be abbreviated. Information in themerchant name field must enable the cardholder to accurately identify the specificmerchant as shown in the example below:Name: NEW YORK HOME HARDWARE DISTRIBUTORS (35 characters)Possible abbreviations:N YN E WH O M EY O R KH A R D W A R EH O M EH D WD IS T R .D IS T R .Merchants must ensure that abbreviated names are recognizable.SupplementaryMerchant NameInformation forSpecificTransactionsIn general, the merchant name field must only contain the merchant name, as set outabove. However, there are a number of specific exceptions to this rule in the tablebelow.Note: even for the categories set out below, supplementary data is not permitted if itmakes the content of the merchant name field confusing or counter to otherrequirements (such as abbreviation requirements). In some cases, the merchant namemay not be truncated at all.The supplemental data must be static, and must appear in all transactions. Forexample, if a merchant outlet chooses to include a location descriptor in the merchantname field, it must be the same in every transaction. Two exceptions to this rule areairline/US railway ticket numbers and the words “No Show”, which need only appear inno show transactions.If a merchant with multiple merchant outlets chooses to include a location descriptor inthe merchant name field. It must use the same type of information (for example, cityname) for all its outlets. It must not add the city name for some outlets, the store numberfor some outlets and no information for others.October 2019VISA PUBLIC5
Merchant Data Standards ManualSection 1: Merchant Data ary DataPurchase ofgoods orservicespurchased atan airline orUS passengerrailwaymerchant(“ancillarypurchase”)A general description of the type of purchase (beverage, meals, seat upgrade,lounge access, duty free, etc.)Purchase ofan airlineTicket (orpassengerrailway ticketsin the USRegion)Must contain all of the following:Purchase atan AFDInformation in the merchant name field must use the following format: Merchant name in the first 11 or 12 positionsOptional A blank in position 12, if applicable A general description of the goods or services beginning position 13For example:A IR L IN E N A M ED U T Y -F R E E An abbreviated airline (or US railway) name in the first 11 or 12 positions A blank in position 12 if applicableRequired Airline (or US railway) ticket identifier beginning position 13For example:A IR L IN E N A M E1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3Most fuel is sold under large retail brands, and that brand must be the merchantname. Since the brand often has multiple locations in a city, the merchant is likelyto include a place descriptor such as a city name or a location number. Therequired merchant name must not be abbreviated or truncated in order to placesupplemental information into the merchant name field.RequiredFor example:B IGB R A N DP E T R O L# 3 2 2Purchase at aUCAT inRussia(CEMEARegion)If the transaction takes place at an unattended terminal in Russia operated by athird party, the third party's name (or an abbreviation of the third party's name)must be included with the associated merchant name.RequiredPurchase ofGoods orServicesAdditional information may be included after the merchant name and an asterisk (*)to indicate an order number, reference number, or other information to identify thetransaction.OptionalIf the transaction is an installment transaction, installment information (1 of 2, 2 of2, etc.) must appear after the asterisk.For vehicle rental and hotel merchants, the merchant name must not be truncatedin order to place supplemental information into the merchant name field.CashFor a manual cash disbursement at a member location, the disbursing member’sname must appear first, followed by the disbursing location’s branch, officenumber, or other unique identifier.G R E A TB A N KW E S TRequiredE N DFor an automated cash disbursement at a member location, a transactiondescriptor such as “cash” must be used, and at least one of the following: October 2019Disbursing member nameVISA PUBLIC6
Merchant Data Standards ManualTransactionRequired/OptionalSupplementary Data Name of the disbursing member’s affiliated domestic, regional, or nationalnetwork The 3-digit servicing carrier code and a 10-digit transmission control network,excluding the check digit A 3-digit carrier number, 3-digit form number, and 7-digit serial number,excluding the check digitB A N C O L O M B IOriginal CreditTransactionsSection 1: Merchant Data RequirementsAC A S HB A N C O LC A S H1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0As required by the Visa Direct Original Credit Transaction (OCT) GlobalImplementation GuideRequiredNo-ShowTransactionsMay also include the words “NO SHOW” after the merchant name.OptionalPaymentFacilitatorEffective through 18 October 2019, if the merchant uses a payment facilitator(and is therefore a sponsored merchant), the payment facilitator name (or anabbreviation) must appear with the sponsored merchant name.RequiredThe merchant name field must contain the name of the payment facilitator (oran abbreviation) followed by an asterisk (*) and then the sponsored merchantname (e.g., Payment Facilitator name*Sponsored Merchant name). AnAcquirer must ensure that the Payment Facilitator or Sponsored Merchantname remains consistent for all Transactions.Effective 19 October 2019, the merchant name field in a payment facilitatortransaction may be populated with either the sponsored merchant name(alone), or a combination of both the sponsored merchant and paymentfacilitator name, using (i) the name of the payment facilitator (or anabbreviation), (ii) followed by an asterisk (*), and (iii) the sponsored merchantname (e.g., Payment facilitator name*Sponsored Merchant name). Themerchant name field should include the name that is most recognizable to thecardholder, which Visa recommends to be the sponsored merchant name(alone).Staged DigitalWalletFor funding transactions, the merchant name field must contain the name ofthe digital wallet operator.RequiredFor purchase transactions, the merchant name field must contain (i) the nameof the digital wallet operator, (ii) followed by an asterisk (*), and (iii) the retailername.MarketplaceEffective through 12 April 2019, the marketplace may use the marketplacename alone. It may choose to insert the name of the seller into the merchantname field, using (i) the name of the marketplace (or an abbreviation), (ii)followed by an asterisk (*), and (iii) the retailer name.RequiredEffective 13 April 2019, the marketplace must use the marketplace name alone.BusinessPaymentSolutionProvider(BPSP)October 2019The BPSP name must appear with the supplier name. The BPSP name must bethe merchant name it registered with Visa. The complete name should appear. Anabbreviation may be used for long names, but it must be easily recognizable.RequiredThe field must contain (i) the name of the BPSP (ii) followed by an asterisk (*) and(iii) the supplier name, or an abbreviation, (e.g. BPSP name*supplier name). AnVISA PUBLIC7
Merchant Data Standards ManualTransactionConsumer BillPaymentServicer(CBPS)Section 1: Merchant Data RequirementsRequired/OptionalSupplementary Dataacquirer must ensure that the BPSP or supplier name remains consistent for alltransactions.Effective 17 October 2020, the CBPS name must appear with the biller name.The CBPS name must be the merchant name it registered with Visa. The completename should appear. An abbreviation may be used for long names, but it must beeasily recognizable.RequiredThe field must contain (i) the name of the CBPS (ii) followed by an asterisk (*) and(iii) the biller name, or an abbreviation, (e.g. CBPS name*biller name). An acquirermust ensure that the CBPS or biller name remains consistent for all transactions.Service Fee,US RegionWire TransferMoney OrderTransactions,US RegionOctober 2019Must contain the words "Service Fee" after the merchant name.RequiredMust containRequired The name of the wire transfer operator used to identify itself to itscustomers An asterisk (*) The merchant location at which the money order is issued in theremaining positionsVISA PUBLIC8
Merchant Data Standards ManualSection 1: Merchant Data RequirementsDetermining a Merchant LocationAn acquirer is responsible for assigning the correct location of each merchant outlet.The same location (country) must be: disclosed to the cardholder at the time of thetransaction (via the website for electronic commerce merchants, verbally for telephoneorders, or on the mail order form); used throughout the transaction life cycle (includingbut not limited to in the authorization request(s), clearing record, credit transaction, andchargeback record(s)) and be accurately reflected in the VisaNet record and in fulfillingany merchant reporting requirements.Card-PresentTransactionsFor card-present transactions at a merchant with a fixed location, the acquirer mustassign the location of the merchant outlet as the location where the transaction tookplace.Some merchants do not operate from a fixed location. For an in-transit transaction,particularly a plane or a ship, the place where the transaction took place is not alwaysclear. Accordingly, the rules specify a choice of places that the merchant may use as themerchant location for the purposes of a Visa transaction.For other merchants that do not operate from a fixed location (such as a merchant thattravels between different locations), the location must be either the location where thetransaction takes place, or the merchant’s principal place of business (the fixed locationwhere a merchant’s executive officers direct, control, and coordinate the entity’sactivities).Only the type of merchant outlet, and not the acceptance device/terminal type, is relevantin determining whether a merchant is or is not in a fixed location. For example, anelectronics merchant may use mPOS devices inside its store. The store is a fixedlocation, so the merchant location must be the address of that store.Card-AbsentTransactionsThe location of a card-absent transaction takes into account additional factors. Thecardholder is not present at the merchant outlet when the transaction takes place, andthe activities needed to complete the transaction may occur in different locations,perhaps in different countries.A card-absent merchant must disclose the location of the merchant outlet (and, therefore,of the transaction) to the cardholder at the time of the transaction. An e-commercemerchant must prominently display the merchant outlet country to the cardholder on thesame screen as the check-out screen or on a page immediately prior to the check-outscreen. It must not be contained only via a hyperlink.A merchant must use its principal place of business as the merchant outlet location forcard-absent transactions – that is the fixed location where the merchant’s executiveofficers direct, control, and coordinate the entity’s strategy, operations, and activities). Amerchant may have only one principal place of business for it and its group subsidiaries.In the case of a corporate group, the merchant location is determined at the corporategroup level (i.e., as a single entity). For example, this means that a multinationalmerchant must use its principal place of business as the merchant location, and may onlyuse the country of a subsidiary if that country qualifies as an additional merchantlocation.Under certain conditions a merchant may also use other countries as merchant outlets inOctober 2019VISA PUBLIC9
Merchant Data Standards ManualSection 1: Merchant Data Requirementsaddition to the principal place of business: For travel/lodging merchants, where a travel agent does not conduct the transaction,the merchant location may be any of the following countries:–For airlines, passenger railways, cruise lines, and other travel merchants, thecountry from which the first leg of travel originates–For lodging merchants, the country in which the stay occurs–For car/vehicle rental merchants, the country in which the vehicle is rented–For taxi/ride services, the country in which the journey originates For the purchase of travel where a travel agent conducts the transaction, thelocation of the travel agent determines the merchant outlet country, regardless ofwhether the merchant is the travel agent or the travel merchant. The rules for othercard-absent transactions in the next bullet must be used to determine the location ofthe travel agent. For other card-absent transactions, the merchant outlet location may also be thecountry where the merchant conducts the business activity directly related to theprovision of the purchased goods or services to the cardholder. To assign anadditional country to a merchant in this situation, the acquirer must ensure that themerchant meets all of the following criteria:–The merchant has a permanent location where the merchant conducts businessactivities and where those accountable for the sale or distribution of the goodsor services purchased in the specific transaction decide how products are soldor distributed. The following are not, in themselves, sufficient to satisfy thesecriteria:1. A post office box, a mail-forwarding address, the address of the merchant’slaw firm, agent, or vendor, or an email address2. The location of a payments function, customer service function, servers orURL, or the presence of a director or investor–The merchant assesses sales taxes on the transaction activity. Such taxes mustbe assessed on the total amount of the sale of the goods or services. (“Salestax” is a generic term for a range of taxes levied on the sale, and includes salestax, good and service tax (GST), and value-added tax (VAT). This conditiondoes not apply when no sales taxes are assessable on the sale according tolocal law–The location is the legal jurisdiction of the contract that governs the sale of thegoods or services (the transaction)For clarity, if a card-absent merchant (except in the case of direct sales by atravel/lodging merchant) qualifies for one or more additional merchant outletlocations, it may assign an additional location for a transaction only as thelocation where the underlying business activity occurs for that specifictransaction.October 2019 Acquirers of digital goods merchants that qualify for MCCs 5815, 5816, 5817, or5818 may be granted additional locations after submitting proof of additionalrelevant business activity to Visa (including, but not limited to, the location ofservers). Within the European Economic Area (EEA), a merchant may satisfy the criteria forVISA PUBLIC10
Merchant Data Standards ManualSection 1: Merchant Data Requirementsestablishing a card-absent merchant outlet location if all the relevant businessactivity occurs within the EEA. That is, the activity must all occur within EEAcountries, but does not need to occur in a single EEA country. When the qualifyingbusiness activity is spread across multiple EEA countries, the acquirer may assignany of those countries as the additional merchant outlet location. On the other hand,an EEA country may not be used as a card-absent merchant outlet location if nobusiness activity occurs there, or if there is business activity that is not sufficient tosatisfy any of the Visa criteria. For example, an EEA country may be the merchantlocation if there are permanent premises at which employees make decisions onwhat goods are sold and the merchant pays sales taxes on those goods, eventhough the jurisdiction for the contract of sale is another EEA country. On the otherhand, if a country just has a post box, or it is the location of only paymentprocessing, it may not be used, as these are insufficient to fulfil any criterion.PaymentFacilitatorsA payment facilitator location must be the country of its principal place of business, andmay be an additional country or countries if all activities specified in the Visa rules occurin each country.Staged DigitalWallet OperatorsHowever, within the Europe Region, the relevant business activity required to establish apayment facilitator location does not need to occur in a single country. If the requiredactivity is spread across multiple Europe Region countries, the acquirer may assign anyof those countries as an additional payment facilitator location. For clarity, all of theactivities listed in the Visa rules must occur within the Europe Region, and the acquirermay assign as the payment facilitator location any (or any combination) of the countriesin which the required activity occurs. A Europe Region country does not qualify as apayment facilitator location if no relevant business activity occurs there or if the paymentfacilitator does not have a business license there.A staged digital wallet operator location must be the country of its principal place ofbusiness, and may be an additional country or countries if all activities specified in theVisa rules occur in each country.MarketplacesHowever, within the Europe Region, the relevant business activity required to establishan SDWO location does not need to occur in a single country. If the required activity isspread across multiple Europe Region countries, the acquirer may assign any of thosecountries as an additional SDWO location. For clarity, all of the activities listed in the Visarules must occur within the Europe Region, and the acquirer may assign as the SDWOlocation any (or any combination) of the countries in which the required activity occurs. AEurope Region country does not qualify as an SDWO loca
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