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Member Types and Benefits
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Joining the MRC, puts you on the fast track to growing your network of global industry peers, collaborating, gaining and sharing knowledge, and learning how to leverage your experience and skillset to push your career to new levels while fighting fraud and continually optimizing your payments processes.
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Find Your Best Membership
Merchants
eCommerce merchants make up about 66% of our members and represent verticals such as digital goods, apparel, accessories, mass marketplaces, travel and tourism, specialty goods, computers and electronics, and more.
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Solution Providers
Our solution provider members make up about 20% of our members and encompass businesses offering payment, risk management, or security solutions to merchants with the goal of supporting their eCommerce activities.
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Industry Partners
Our industry partner members make up about 14% of our member base. They include law enforcement entities, issuers, and other organizations offering industry-related ancillary services such as research, education, and consulting with the goal of collaborating, educating, and strengthening partnerships and global eCommerce.
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FAQ
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Search for members in the member companies directory or use the member company lookup form.
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To get added to an active company membership, you must sign up for updates with a valid company email address. Sign up for Updates (link)To get added to an active company membership, you must sign up for updates with a valid company email address. Sign up for Updates (link)
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There are three MRC membership categories: Merchants, Solution Providers, and Industry Partners.
Merchants are companies that sell goods, services, and products to end consumers. Merchant Membership can also apply to companies that act as a Merchant of Record.
Solution Provider members provide fraud prevention mechanisms or are a part of the payment ecosystem that enables the completion of eCommerce transactions. In short, they support eCommerce organizations by securing organizational profitability, reducing risks, and defending against eCommerce fraud.
Industry Partners are broken into four levels: Ancillary Services, Law Enforcement, Issuers, and Regulators.
- Ancillary Services are companies that provide industry-related consulting services and do not sell in-house payment, risk, or security solutions to merchants.
- Law Enforcement refers to government-run agencies responsible for investigating and enforcing eCommerce crime laws.
- Issuers are financial institutions offering one or more branded consumer payment methods to transact with eCommerce merchants in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Regulator refers to government-run agencies whose role is to supervise regulated organizations in the payments industry and has a prescribed regulatory focus on eCommerce fraud prevention and risk management.
Each of the three membership categories offer multiple membership benefit levels. For assistance with selecting the appropriate membership, please get in touch with the membership team at membership@merchantriskcouncil.org.
There are three MRC membership categories: Merchants, Solution Providers, and Industry Partners.
Merchants are companies that sell goods, services, and products to end consumers. Merchant Membership can also apply to companies that act as a Merchant of Record.
Solution Provider members provide fraud prevention mechanisms or are a part of the payment ecosystem that enables the completion of eCommerce transactions. In short, they support eCommerce organizations by securing organizational profitability, reducing risks, and defending against eCommerce fraud.
Industry Partners are broken into four levels: Ancillary Services, Law Enforcement, Issuers, and Regulators.
- Ancillary Services are companies that provide industry-related consulting services and do not sell in-house payment, risk, or security solutions to merchants.
- Law Enforcement refers to government-run agencies responsible for investigating and enforcing eCommerce crime laws.
- Issuers are financial institutions offering one or more branded consumer payment methods to transact with eCommerce merchants in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Regulator refers to government-run agencies whose role is to supervise regulated organizations in the payments industry and has a prescribed regulatory focus on eCommerce fraud prevention and risk management.
Each of the three membership categories offer multiple membership benefit levels. For assistance with selecting the appropriate membership, please get in touch with the membership team at membership@merchantriskcouncil.org.
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Annual membership fees are based on your membership category and level. View the membership levels to confirm the appropriate membership fee.Annual membership fees are based on your membership category and level. View the membership levels to confirm the appropriate membership fee.
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All MRC memberships are 12 months long and begin on the date the membership application is processed.
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Join at any time by completing the membership application. Once your application is reviewed and processed, the MRC membership team will reach out to you within two business days from the application submission date to confirm the approved membership level and guide you through the setup.Join at any time by completing the membership application. Once your application is reviewed and processed, the MRC membership team will reach out to you within two business days from the application submission date to confirm the approved membership level and guide you through the setup.