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Merchant category code

Also called MCC

What crypto means by it

A four-digit code describing what a shop sells. It quietly decides which rewards apply, which purchases get blocked, and whether a payment counts as a cash advance rather than a purchase.

What you already know this as

The same code doing the same quiet work behind every cashback offer and every declined gambling transaction.

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