MATCH list placement remains active for five years from the date of the termination that triggered the report. There is no mechanism for the merchant to directly request removal during this period. Removal before the five-year expiration requires the processor that filed the MATCH report to request removal from Mastercard, which the processor is only likely to do if the original report was filed in error or if the underlying issue has been formally resolved to the processor's satisfaction. In most cases, the merchant cannot compel the processor to file a removal request, and the processor has no obligation to do so.
For merchants who cannot pursue removal and who need payment processing during the five-year MATCH list period, cryptocurrency payment processing through 27 Blockchain provides a functioning payment infrastructure that does not require MATCH list clearance. The integration can be deployed on a timeline determined by the technical scope of the checkout integration rather than by any MATCH list resolution process. Merchants who do pursue removal simultaneously can operate the 27 Blockchain payment gateway as their primary payment acceptance channel while that process runs its course. The cryptocurrency payment solution does not expire when the MATCH list period ends. For many merchants, the blockchain-based infrastructure 27 Blockchain provides proves more stable than the conventional processor relationship it replaced.
