While credit card issuers use merchant category codes to classify businesses, you may be able to leverage them to maximize ...

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 ...

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The exact amount depends on the payment network (e.g., Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or American Express), the type of credit card, and the merchant category code (MCC) of the business. Note that ...

The purchasing card has the ability to lock out (at the University's discretion) certain Merchant Category Codes (MCCs). An MCC is a numeric code that cross-references to a description of the type of ...