Merchant Category Code

Overview#

Merchant Category Code (MCC) is a four-digit Code, listed in ISO 18245 for retail financial services, issued by the Payment Network (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express) assign to every Merchant that applies to accept Payment Cards during Enrollment. Merchant Category Code is based on the predominant business activity of the merchant and are often never changed even though the Merchant changes their Line Of Business.

Merchant Category Code may be different for the different Payment Networks.

Merchant Category Code is used for Classification:

Merchant Category Code Privacy Considerations#

Merchant Category Code as with many other codes may be used with or without Informed Consent to: There might be more information for this subject on one of the following: