Common use of Prohibitions on Card Acceptance Clause in Contracts

Prohibitions on Card Acceptance. You may not do any of the following: (i) submit for payment into interchange any transaction that is illegal or that you should have known was illegal; (ii) require a Cardholder to complete a postcard or similar device that includes the Cardholder’s account number, expiration, signature or any other account-related data in plain view when mailed; (iii) add any tax to a transaction, unless applicable law expressly requires you to impose a tax, and in such event the tax amount must be included in the transaction amount and not collected separately; (iv) request or use an account number for any purpose other than as payment for goods or services, except as permitted by the Rules; (v) disburse funds in the form of travelers cheques, if the sole purpose is to allow cardholder to make a cash purchase of goods or services from you, (vi) permit a Cardholder to purchase travelers cheques, or other similar item, if the sole purpose is to allow the Cardholder to make a cash purchase of goods or services from Merchant; (vii) accept a Card to collect or refinance an existing debt that has been deemed uncollectible; (viii) enter into interchange a transaction that represents collection of a dishonored check; (ix) require a Cardholder to waive his/her rights to dispute a transaction as a condition of sale; (x) accept Cardholder payments for previous Card charges incurred at the Merchant location; (xi) submit for payment into interchange any transaction that may in the sole discretion of a Card Organization, damage the goodwill of such Card Organization or reflect negatively on a Card Organization’s brands; (xii) add any surcharge to a debit transaction; (xiii) enter into interchange any transaction receipt for a transaction that was previously charged back to Member Bank and subsequently returned to you, irrespective of Cardholder approval (you may pursue payment from the customer outside of the Card Organization system); (xiv) accept a Card for the purchase of Scrip;

Prohibitions on Card Acceptance. You may not do any of the following: : (i) submit for payment into interchange any transaction that is illegal or that you should have known was illegal; (ii) require i)require a Cardholder to complete a postcard or similar device that includes the Cardholder’s account number, expiration, signature or any other account-account- related data in plain view when mailed; (iiiii) add any tax to a transaction, unless applicable law expressly requires you to impose a tax, and in such event the tax amount must be included in the transaction amount and not collected separately; (iviii) request or use an account number for any purpose other than as payment for goods or services, except as permitted by the Rules; (viv) disburse funds in the form of travelers cheques, if the sole purpose is to allow cardholder to make a cash purchase of goods or services from youMERCHANT, (viv) permit a Cardholder to purchase travelers cheques, or other similar item, if the sole purpose is to allow the Cardholder to make a cash purchase of goods or services from Merchant; (viivi) accept a Card to collect or refinance an existing debt that has been deemed uncollectible; (viiivii) enter into interchange a transaction that represents collection of a dishonored check; (ixviii) require a Cardholder to waive his/her rights to dispute a transaction as a condition of sale; (xix) accept Cardholder payments for previous Card charges incurred at the Merchant location; (xix) submit for payment into interchange any transaction that may in the sole discretion of a Card Organization, damage the goodwill of such Card Organization or reflect negatively on a Card Organization’s brands; (xiixi) add any surcharge to a debit transaction; (xiiixii) enter into interchange any transaction receipt for a transaction that was previously charged back to Member Bank and subsequently returned to you, irrespective of Cardholder approval (you may pursue payment from the customer outside of the Card Organization system); (xiv) accept a Card for the purchase of Scrip;