Common use of Compliance with Card Brand Rules Clause in Contracts

Compliance with Card Brand Rules. Merchant will comply with and conduct its Card activities in accordance with all applicable Card Brand rules and regulations. Failure to comply with such rules and regulations may result in Merchant being terminated for cause and listed on various Card Brand and industry databases, including the Consortium Merchant Negative File (CMNF), the CTMF (Combined Terminated Merchant File) and the Merchant Alert to Control High Risk Merchants file (“MATCH”). Merchant may not: (a) accept Cardholder payments for previous Card charges incurred at the Merchant location; (b) establish a minimum or maximum Transaction amount as a condition for honoring a Card; (c) require a Cardholder to complete a postcard or similar device that includes the Cardholder’s account number, card expiration date, signature, or any other card account data in plain view when mailed; (d) add any surcharge to Transactions; (e) add any tax to Transactions, unless Applicable Law expressly requires that Merchant be permitted to impose a tax (any tax amount, if allowed, must be included in the Transaction amount and not collected separately); (f) enter into interchange any transaction receipt for a Transaction that was previously charged back to Servicer and subsequently returned to Merchant, irrespective of Cardholder approval (Merchant may pursue payment from the Cardholder outside the Card Brand system); (g) accept a card for an unlawful Internet gambling transaction; (h) request or use an account number of any purpose other than as payment for its goods or services; (i) disburse funds in the form of travelers cheques, if the sole purpose is to allow the Cardholder to make a cash purchase of goods or services from Merchant; (j) disburse funds in the form of cash, unless: (i) Merchant is a lodging or cruise line merchant disbursing cash to a Cardholder,

Compliance with Card Brand Rules. Merchant will comply with and conduct its Card activities in accordance with all applicable Card Brand rules and regulations. Failure to comply with such rules and regulations may result in Merchant being terminated for cause and listed on various Card Brand and industry databases, including the Consortium Merchant Negative File (CMNF), the CTMF (Combined Terminated Merchant File) and the Merchant Alert to Control High Risk Merchants file (“MATCH”). Merchant may not: (a) accept Cardholder payments for previous Card charges incurred at the Merchant location; (b) establish a minimum or maximum Transaction transaction amount as a condition for honoring a Card; (c) require a Cardholder to complete a postcard or similar device that includes the Cardholder’s account number, card expiration date, signature, or any other card account data in plain view when mailed; (d) add any surcharge to Transactionstransactions; (e) add any tax to Transactionstransactions, unless Applicable Law applicable law expressly requires that Merchant be permitted to impose a tax (any tax amount, if allowed, must be included in the Transaction transaction amount and not collected separately); (f) enter into interchange any transaction receipt for a Transaction transaction that was previously charged back to Servicer and subsequently returned to Merchant, irrespective of Cardholder approval (Merchant may pursue payment from the Cardholder outside the Card Brand system); (g) accept a card for an unlawful Internet gambling transaction; (h) request or use an account number of any purpose other than as payment for its goods or services; (i) disburse funds in the form of travelers cheques, if the sole purpose is to allow the Cardholder to make a cash purchase of goods or services from Merchant; (j) disburse funds in the form of cash, unless: (i) Merchant is a lodging or cruise line merchant disbursing cash to a Cardholder,, (ii) Merchant is dispensing funds in the form of travelers cheques, Cards, or foreign currency, or (iii) Merchant is participating in the Card Brand cash back service; (k) accept a Card for the purchase or scrip; (l) accept a Card for manual cash disbursement; (m) accept a Card to collect or refinance existing debt that has been deemed uncollectible by the Merchant providing the associated goods or services; (n) enter into a Transaction that represents collection of a dishonored check. Merchant will pay all Card Brand fines, fees, penalties and all other assessments or indebtedness levied by Card Brands to Servicer which are attributable, at the Servicer’s discretion, to Merchant’s Transaction processing or business or (o) charge a convenience fee which does not meet the criteria set by the Card Brand rules.

Compliance with Card Brand Rules. Merchant will comply with and conduct its Card activities in accordance with all applicable Card Brand rules and regulations. Failure to comply with such rules and regulations may result in Merchant being terminated for cause and listed on various Card Brand and industry databases, including the Consortium Merchant Negative File (CMNF), the CTMF (Combined Terminated Merchant File) and the Merchant Alert to Control High Risk Merchants file (“MATCH”). Merchant may not: (a) accept Cardholder payments for previous Card charges incurred at the Merchant location; (b) establish a minimum or maximum Transaction transaction amount as a condition for honoring a Card; (c) require a Cardholder to complete a postcard or similar device that includes the Cardholder’s account number, card expiration date, signature, or any other card account data in plain view when mailed; (d) add any surcharge to Transactionstransactions; (e) add any tax to Transactionstransactions, unless Applicable Law applicable law expressly requires that Merchant be permitted to impose a tax (any tax amount, if allowed, must be included in the Transaction transaction amount and not collected separately); (f) enter into interchange any transaction receipt for a Transaction transaction that was previously charged back to Servicer and subsequently returned to Merchant, irrespective of Cardholder approval (Merchant may pursue payment from the Cardholder outside the Card Brand system); (g) accept a card for an unlawful Internet gambling transaction; (h) request or use an account number of any purpose other than as payment for its goods or services; (i) disburse funds in the form of travelers cheques, if the sole purpose is to allow the Cardholder to make a cash purchase of goods or services from Merchant; (j) disburse funds in the form of cash, unless: (i) Merchant is a lodging or cruise line merchant disbursing cash to a Cardholder,, (ii) Merchant is dispensing funds in the form of travelers cheques, Cards, or foreign currency, or (iii) Merchant is participating in the Card Brand cash back service; (k) accept a Card for the purchase or scrip; (l) accept a Card for manual cash disbursement; (m) accept a Card to collect or refinance existing debt that has been deemed uncollectible by the Merchant providing the associated goods or services; (n) enter into a Transaction that represents collection of a dishonored check. Merchant will pay all Card Brand fines, fees, penalties and all other assessments or indebtedness levied by Card Brands to Servicer which are attributable, at the Servicer’s discretion, to Merchant’s Transaction processing or business or

Compliance with Card Brand Rules. Merchant will comply with and conduct its Card activities in accordance with all applicable Card Brand rules and regulations. Failure to comply with such rules and regulations may result in Merchant being terminated for cause and listed on various Card Brand and industry databases, including the Consortium Merchant Negative File (CMNF), the CTMF (Combined Terminated Merchant File) and the Merchant Alert to Control High Risk Merchants file (“MATCH”). Merchant may not: (a) accept Cardholder payments for previous Card charges incurred at the Merchant location; (b) establish a minimum or maximum Transaction transaction amount as a condition for honoring a Card; (c) require a Cardholder to complete a postcard or similar device that includes the Cardholder’s account number, card expiration date, signature, or any other card account data in plain view when mailed; (d) add any surcharge to Transactionstransactions; (e) add any tax to Transactionstransactions, unless Applicable Law applicable law expressly requires that Merchant be permitted to impose a tax (any tax amount, if allowed, must be included in the Transaction transaction amount and not collected separately); (f) enter into interchange any transaction receipt for a Transaction transaction that was previously charged back to Servicer and subsequently returned to Merchant, irrespective of Cardholder approval (Merchant may pursue payment from the Cardholder outside the Card Brand system); (g) accept a card for an unlawful Internet gambling transaction; (h) request or use an account number of any purpose other than as payment for its goods or services; (i) disburse funds in the form of travelers cheques, if the sole purpose is to allow the Cardholder to make a cash purchase of goods or services from Merchant; (j) disburse funds in the form of cash, unless: (i) Merchant is a lodging or cruise line merchant disbursing cash to a Cardholder,, (ii) Merchant is dispensing funds in the form of travelers cheques, Cards, or foreign currency, or (iii) Merchant is participating in the Card Brand cash back service; (k) accept a Card for the purchase or scrip; (l) accept a Card for manual cash disbursement;