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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-1401" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Credit Card Processors">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Credit card processor” means a person that processes credit card or electronic commerce transactions on behalf of a business entity for a fee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Credit card processor” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A merchant services provider;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A financial institution;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>An independent sales organization; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Any subsidiary or affiliate of an entity listed in items (i) through (iii) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Merchant processing agreement” means a contract between a credit card processor and a business entity under which the business entity agrees to pay the credit card processor for processing credit card or electronic commerce transactions on behalf of the business entity.</text>
  </level>
</section>
