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From ETA Glossary of Acquiring Terms

MAC

Machine Readable

MAC Users Group

Maestro

Maestro, Member, MSP Agreement

Magneprint

Magnetic Information Character Recognition

Magnetic Stripe

Magnetic Stripe Data

Magnetic Stripe Image

Magnetic Stripe Reader

Magnetic Stripe-Reading Telephone

Magnetic Stripe Terminal

Magnetic Stripe Verification

MAI

Mail/Phone Order Merchant

Mail/Phone Order Transaction

Mail/Phone Order Transaction Indicator

Mainframe

Mandatory Field

Manual Entry

Manual Food Assistance Transaction

Manual Imprint

Manual Imprinter

MAP

MAPP

Mapping

Margin

Marks

Master Affiliated Property

Master Agent

MasterCard

MasterCard Automated Fuel Dispenser Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard Convenience Purchases Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard Debit Card

MasterCard Emergency Cash Advance

MasterCard Emerging Market Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard Full UCAF Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard Global Clearing Management System

MasterCard Global Services

MasterCard Interface Processor

MasterCard Key-Entered Interchange Rate Program

MaseterCard MATCH™, the Member Alert to Control High Risk System

MasterCard, Member, MSP Agreement

MasterCard Merit 1 Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard Merit 3 Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard Open Data Storage

MasterCard Restaurant Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard RPPS

MasterCard Passenger Transport Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard PayPass

MasterCard Public Sector Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard SecureCode

MasterCard Service Industries Incentive Program Transaction

MasterCard Small Ticket Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard Standard Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard Supermarket Acceptance Development Program

MasterCard Supermarket Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard T&E Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard Travel Industries Premier Service Rate Program

MasterCard Universal Cardholder Authentication Field

MasterCard Utilities Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard Warehouse Interchange Rate Program

MasterCard Watch and Alert Reports

MasterCom® Electronic Imaging System

Master Key

Master Merchants

Master/Session

MCC

M-Commerce

MCU

M/Chip

Media

Member

Member Alert to Control High-Risk

Member Identification Area

Member Interface Processor

Member Message Field

Member Service Provider

Membership Dues and Assessments

Membership Rewards

Memo Posting

Memory Card

Message Authentication Code

Merchandise Return Card

Merchant

Merchant Account

Merchant Account Initiation

Merchant Account Provider

Merchant ACH

Merchant Acquirer

Merchant Advance

Merchant Aggregators

Merchant Agreement

Merchant Application

Merchant Authorization

Merchant Bank

Merchant Balancing

Merchant Category Code

Merchant Certificate

Merchant Chargeback Monitoring Program

Merchant Classification

Merchant Data Entry

Merchant Deposit/Payment

Merchant Deposit Monitoring Standards

Merchant Descriptor

Merchant Direct Access Service

Merchant Discount

Merchant Identification Number

Merchant Industry Code

Merchant-Level Fraud

Merchant-Level Salesperson

Merchant Master File

Merchant Number

Merchant Outlet

Merchant Qualification Standards

Merchant Risk Council

Merchant Sales Agreement

Merchant Screening

Merchant Service Charge

Merchant Service Provider

Merchant Settlement Amount

Merchant Station Plate

Merchant Statement

Merchant Summary Form

Merchant Training

Merchant Web Site

Merit I

Merit III

Message Authentication

Message Authentication Code

Message Processing Service

Metropolitan Statistical Area

MICR

MICR Number Method

Microcircuit Card

Microcontroller

Micropayment

Mid-Qual

Migration

Minimum Acceptable PIN Entry Device

MIP

Mobile Banking

Mobile Commerce

Mobile Phone Network

Mod 10 Check-digit

Modem

MODS

Modular Jack

Module

"Mom and Pop"

Mondex

Money

Monthly Fees

Monthly Minimum

Monthly Periodic Rate

MO/TO

MSP

MSR

MSTSC

MSV

Multiapplication

Multiapplication Card

Multicurrency Merchants

Multifactor Reader

Multimerchant

Multinational Company

Multitasking

Multitechnology Card

Multitechnology Reader

MULTOS