Table of Contents

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

Abstract

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.

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Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	American Bankers Association
Pages
ISBN
Committee	X9
Supersedes	ANSI X9.10 : 92(R1998)