B
Evidence Grade B
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Current
$1,000
$1,000 -- annual specialty merchant registration fee for Mastercard (2026-05)
Mastercard's annual Specialty Merchant Registration fee is $1,000 per merchant, effective May 1, 2026.
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Value
$1,000
Unit
Currency Usd
Data Vintage
2026-05
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
allaypay.com
Primary
Tier B
https://allaypay.com/blog/processing/visa-integrity-risk-program-2026/ ↗
Source Article
Visa's Integrity Risk Program: The 2026 Guide to Tiers, Fees, and Staying Compliant
Original Research
allaypay.com
· Original study ↗
Methodology
Payment network fee schedule change
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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Mastercard: $1,000 annual specialty merchant registration fee. Source: allaypay.com (2026-05). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/mastercard-specialty-merchant-registration-fee-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/mastercard-specialty-merchant-registration-fee-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>$1,000</strong> -- annual specialty merchant registration fee for Mastercard<br><small>Source: allaypay.com (2026-05) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/mastercard-specialty-merchant-registration-fee-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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