Name: ANSI X9.106 : 2003(R2013)
Brand: ABA

RETAIL FINANCIAL SERVICES - MERCHANT CATEGORY CODES

Published date

12-01-2013

Publisher

American Bankers Association

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Terms and definitions
3 Merchant category codes
4 Application for code value additions, changes and deletions
  4.1 Application procedure
  4.2 Criteria for approval of a new merchant category code
  4.3 Criteria for approval of a merchant category code
      change or deletion
5 Registration and Maintenance Management Group (RMMG)
  5.1 Constitution
  5.2 Responsibilities
  5.3 Voting procedures
6 Maintenance Agency (MA)
  6.1 Appointment
  6.2 Resignation
  6.3 Responsibilities
7 Appeal process
  7.1 Appeal bodies
  7.2 Information to be provided
8 Publication of changes to ISO 18245
Annex A (normative) Merchant category codes
Annex B (normative) Merchant category code application
Annex C (informative) Decision process for merchant category
        code applications

Specifies code values used to enable the classification of merchants into specific categories based on the type of business, trade or services supplied. Also establishes the procedures for a Registration and Maintenance Management Group (RMMG), which considers requests for new code values, and a Maintenance Agency (MA), which provides the administrative procedures required to maintain an up-to-date list of codes.

Committee	X9
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes ANSI X9.10. (08/2004)
DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	American Bankers Association
Status	Current
Supersedes	ANSI X9.10 : 92(R1998)

Standards	Relationship
ISO 18245:2003	Identical

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