Where Merchant Category Codes (MCCs) Came From — And Why They Still Matter Today

If you accept credit cards, your business has a Merchant Category Code (MCC) — a four-digit code that quietly affects your processing fees, risk rules, chargebacks, and approval rates. Most business owners assume MCCs were created by payment processors or card networks to price transactions. That’s only part of the story. In reality, MCCs have […]

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