By the Oct. 1 deadline, credit card companies and retailers will shift to "smart cards" using a new technology called EMV—which stands for Europay, MasterCard and Visa, the three companies that created the standard for processing payments.
Refer to the input text as context and select the correct relationship between 'MasterCard' and 'credit card' from the available options.
Options: manufacturer, product/material produced, operator, distribution format