WHAT IS MASTERCARD MATCH LIST

 

If you, your business or a business partner are in the mutual system, there is a good chance you will be denied. You can think of the system as being something of a blacklist used by banks to mitigate risk.

 If your bank determines that you are too high risk and closes your account, you will likely be placed in the database. While this decision used to be largely up to the discretion of the bank, MasterCard has recently created clearer guidance.

Mastercard’s MATCH List usually means trouble for merchants who end up there. While the name may sound like a dating site or a game show, being on the list is serious: it indicates that a merchant poses an above-average risk for acquirers.

The most common list and the only one with global reach is Mastercard’s MATCH, or the Mastercard Alert to Control High-Risk Merchants. In the following sections, we describe how MATCH qualification works and what happens to MATCH entries.

If you, your company, or a business partner are part of the mutual system, you are likely to be denied. You might think of the system as a sort of blacklist that banks use to reduce risk.

If your bank decides you're a high-risk customer and shuts your account, you'll almost certainly be added to the database. While the decision used to be entirely up to the bank's discretion, MasterCard has recently issued more specific instructions. Read More MASTERCARD MATCH LIST



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