PPS Hawaii recently moved Internet Tobacco, from the Prohibited Merchant Category Code (MCC) list to the Elevated Risk MCC list. This puts the following MCCs in scope for boarding a MID:
Non Face to Face Tobacco Products – MCC Code 5993, sub-MCC 6018
Internet Tobacco Details: Please note the following important information when it comes to this business type:
Electronic cigarettes and vaping products are NOT in scope and remain prohibited.
Internet tobacco customers require additional due diligence that includes:
Manual credit underwriting review
Validation by the Website Review Team that the customer website meets the standard requirements, includes an age-verification process, and does not offer prohibited products