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Apr 11, 2008 | 4:59 am

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Originally Posted by DivMiler

My understanding was that non-North American Diners Club cards were not usable on the MasterCard network .

Diners Club cards issued outside North America do still have "36" series 14 digit account numbers, but they also have a Mastercard logo on the reverse and can be accepted by Mastercard merchants in Canada and USA. Elsewhere they are accepted only by Diners Club merchants.

http://www.mastercard.com/us/merchan...inersclub.html

Diners Club Cards which are issued outside of the U.S. have a 14-digit account number, and a BIN beginning with "36" can be accepted just like any MasterCard credit transaction by implementing a POS/terminal adjustment.

Last edited by mia; Apr 11, 2008 at 6:07 am

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