Independent sales organization
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Aug 30, 2026
A non-financial institution organization that provides a variety of merchant processing functions on behalf of the acquirer. These functions include soliciting new merchant accounts, arranging for terminal purchases or leases, and providing backroom services. An Independent sales organization is also referred to as a member service provider (MSP). The acquirer must register all Independent sales organization/MSPs with the bankcard associations.
MWEFederal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary
Classifications
Entity Type
Organization0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
Pci85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- plural
- Independent sales organizations
- possessive
- Independent sales organization's
- pluralpossessive
- Independent sales organizations'