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A merchant category code — or an MCC — is a four-digit number used by credit card companies to classify businesses for payments, taxation and rewards purposes. MCCs affect the interchange rates and ...

Now that the International Organization for Standardization has approved a new code to identify purchases at stores that sell guns and ammunition, many groups are speaking up about threats to privacy ...

PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — KYC Systems LLC, the leading provider of Know Your Customer (KYC) automation services to the payments and banking industries, today announces the launch ...

A new code identifying credit card sales of guns and ammunition has been approved by the International Standards Organization, creating a potential path for card networks to help law enforcement ...

Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc., and Discover Inc., have paused their work on a plan to track when cardholders make purchases at gun stores. The payment processing companies said Thursday they have ...

Merchant Category Codes (MCCs) are four-digit numeric codes assigned by credit card networks, including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. These codes classify businesses based on the ...

MasterCard and Visa assign a Merchant Category Code (MCC) to all businesses that accept credit cards. The MCC represents the type of goods/services that a business sells. For example, HEB, Target and ...