Common use of MasterCard Specific Requirements Clause in Contracts

MasterCard Specific Requirements. You may request or encourage a customer to use a payment card with an acceptance brand other than MasterCard or other form of payment or a Card of a different product type (e.g., traditional cards, premium cards, rewards cards) than the Card the consumer initially presents. You may do so by methods that include, but are not limited to: a. offering the customer an immediate discount from your list, stated, or standard price, a rebate, a free or discounted product or service, or any other incentive or benefit if the customer uses a particular payment card with an acceptance brand other than MasterCard or other particular form of payment; b. offering the customer an immediate discount from your list, stated, or standard price, a rebate, a free or discounted product or service, or any other incentive or benefit if the customer, who initially presents a MasterCard, uses instead another payment card or another form of payment; c. expressing a preference for the use of a particular payment card or form of payment; d. promoting the use of a particular general purpose payment card with an acceptance brand other than MasterCard or the use of a particular form or forms of payment through posted information, through the size, prominence, or sequencing of payment choices, or through other communications to customers (provided that merchants will abide by the MasterCard trademark standards relating to the display of its marks); or e. communicating to customers the reasonably estimated or actual costs incurred by you when a customer uses particular payment cards or forms of payment or the relative costs of using different general purpose payment cards or forms of payment. You are free to engage in the POS practices that are described above, or any other substantially equivalent practices.