Here's why: Card companies know
what type of merchant you are charging at only via the merchant category code (MCC) that the card networks assign to individual businesses.
Not exact matches
This code is used by credit card processing networks to determine
what type of business is run by the
merchant.
In most cases, if you're asked
what type of credit card you have by a
merchant or checkout form, the question is likely referring to the credit card network, which is the company that processes the credit card transaction.
The fee varies on
what type of card is used, but typically debit cards are cheaper for
merchants to process than credit cards.
The development represents
what is today a rare
type of news in the blockchain space:
merchant integrations.