Maestro
Outside of the United States, Maestro cards can be used for in-store payments and for withdrawing cash at ATMs. This payment method requires online electronic authorization for nearly every transaction, even though Mastercard's rules allow the establishment of floor limits on Maestro EMV chip transactions only.
Mastercard has made the call to transition its Maestro brand of payment cards to Debit Mastercard. Learn more about this transition here.
In the United States, Maestro is a US Debit card scheme available at POS and online for in-person, e-commerce and recurring payments. It is a back-of-card brand typically co-badged with Visa or Mastercard on the front-of-card and can be leveraged for PIN/PINless debit routing.
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US only: Supported across all payment channels - Ecommerce, POS, Recurring & Digital Wallets.
US only: Route transactions from eligible Visa, Mastercard and Discover debit cards through Maestro
US Only: Benefit from Intelligent Payment Routing to optimize on both conversion rate and costs
US only: Available for debit routing on fully certified POS terminal with PIN and PINless.
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