A four-digit number assigned by TSYS Acquiring Solutions to identify the banks that a client has set up for processing.

A six-digit number that identifies a client bank. A BIN is assigned by TSYS Acquiring Solutions and is the highest level of the front-end hierarchy. The front-end hierarchy is used by TSYS Acquiring Solutions to route an authorization or batch to the correct acquirer. BINS contain agents, the second level of the front-end hierarchy.

A six-digit number used by client banks to identify a smaller bank (or ISO) that processes credit card transactions through the client bank. Agents are the second level of the front-end hierarchy. They contain Chains and roll up into BINs. If a merchant does not process transactions using the Agent level of the front-end hierarchy, this value may be 000000.

A six-digit number identifying a chain of locations or stores of a merchant. The client or agent bank assigns a chain. Chains are the third level of the front-end hierarchy. They contain merchants and roll up into agents. If the merchant does not process transactions using the chain level of the front-end hierarchy, this value may be 000000.

The 16-digit merchant number used in routing chargebacks and retrievals. On the Work In Progress page, the Merchant ID associated with Work In Progress record. When generating reports for front-end only merchants, this is the merchant number (non-Vital).

The unique, 12-digit number that identifies the merchant to the client or agent bank.

The merchant's DBA (Doing Business As) name. When entering or editing this name, the field accepts alphabetic characters (upper and lower case), numeric characters, spaces, and these special characters only:

. , : ; " ' < ( ) + ! @ # $ % ? & * - _ = / > ¢

The merchant name associated with the terminal.

A unique identification number applied to terminals.

Indicates the type of terminal request, and comprises the bank type and bank code.

Typically, when setting up a new terminal, you would:

• Accept the default B 05 in the two Inquiry Code fields, which indicates B - BANK type and 05 - NEW INSTALLATION REQUEST code.

  -or-

• Click the Inquiry Code Lookup button, and then a select different bank Type and Code from those drop-down lists.

Note: A terminal's Inquiry Code cannot be edited after a V number is generated for it and the BACMST is populated.

The date on which the request was received in the MMS system.

The terminal request number.