MRC Fraud & Payments EU Limited

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No longer registered as of 27 Oct 2023 - Registration as it was on 26 Oct 2022
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Overview

Lobbying Costs

400,000€ - 499,999€

Financial year: Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

0.25 Fte (1)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

0

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    MRC Fraud & Payments EU Limited   (MRC)

    EU Transparency Register

    123362642930-11 First registered on 28 May 2021

    Goals / Remit

    The MRC Mission is to build a community of payment and fraud professionals to understand and share insights for fraud prevention and payment optimization, creating the best possible consumer payment experience.

    We provide the Voice of the Merchant to the table with international card payment schemes, payment regulators, payment policy and standards bodies. We facilitate discussion between payment industry players and partners to help make the eCommerce ecosystem and safe and profitable environment for retailers and consumers.

    Main EU files targeted

    Payment Services Directive
    All policies and proposals on payments, payment fraud prevention, risk management, security in eCommerce.

    Address

    Head Office
    1-3 Burton Hall Park Burton Hall Road Sandyford
    Dublin D18 W860
    IRELAND
    EU Office
    1-3 Burton Hall Park Burton Hall Road Sandyford
    Dublin D18 W860
    IRELAND

    Website

    http://merchantriskcouncil.org

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    1

    Employment timeLobbyists
    25%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    0.25

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    All MRC immediate staff are involved in the mission of the company.

    We are also supported by many Committees and Community groups involved in different aspects of our work including a Women in Payments & Fraud Community, Education Committee, Payments Community Group, Fraud Community Group, Affinity Groups, Merchant-Issuer Community Group and Executive Committee, Law Enforcement Community Group as well as a 24/7 community discussion forum and directory. All include representatives from all over Europe and globally from 85% of the top eCommerce global brands.

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

    Person with legal responsibility

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

  • Categories

    Category

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    NA

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

    Closed financial year

    Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    400,000€ - 499,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    400,000€ - 499,999€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Payment Systems Market Expert Group#E02287#DILLON Una#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=2287 #Member #B#Finance

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    Advocacy:
    MRC Merchant-Issuer Executive Committee, meets to discuss topics such as payments regulation and provide support and advice to merchants and issuers in Europe on complying with PSD2 SCA regulation. Other topics include card scheme rules that impact merchants and consumers, Friendly/ First party misuse fraud (redefining and resolving).

    MRC Community:
    Community Forum - separate groups covering different sectors and areas of payments including fraud, payments, risk and affinity groups such as Gaming Safety Alliance, Luxury Goods Sector Group, Subscriptions, Ticketing, etc. where representatives in the payments industry gather to discuss payments and fraud prevention topics. People join the communities to learn from, share with, develop, help and support others in the industry.

    RAPID Edu:
    MRC learning portal. Open to MRC members and non-members, providing certified training courses on Fraud, Payments and Chargebacks.

    Conferences, Summits, Connects Events:
    MRC runs multiple conferences and Summits each year and including deep dive events on topics such as PSD2 SCA, Data Sciences, Authentication, Chargebacks, etc. Here, attendees can learn from experts and network with peers. The Connects events provide some relevant content but mainly a networking opportunity for payments industry peers.

    Webinars:
    The MRC Wednesday Webinar programme, provides a learning opportunity for people in the payments industry on all payments, fraud and risk related topics, such as Machine Learning, Regulation, Authentication, etc.

    Resource Center:
    MRC provides to its members a vast resource center including white papers, case studies, presentations, content on all things relating to payments, and fraud prevention.

    Mentor Programme:
    The MRC Mentor Programme provides for individuals in the payments industry to mentor those in need and for mentees to learn from experts in the field.

    Slack Channel on EMV 3DS/ SCA:
    An MRC slack channel for merchants and issuers, to facilitate working in real-time to debug SCA-compliant transactions that fail for an unknown reason. The channel allows participants to learn from case studies, live cases and to share information on things such as the variety of authentication methods used in EU countries so merchants can anticipate the customer experience and any challenges from card issuers, when transacting in the browser on in-app in EU countries.

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    None declared

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