Card security code: Difference between revisions

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[[file:CVC2SampleVisaNew.png|thumb|The card security code is located on the back of [[Mastercard]], [[Visa Inc.|Visa]], [[Discover Card|Discover]], [[Diners Club]], and [[JCB Co.,(credit Ltd.card company)|JCB]] credit or debit cards and is typically a separate group of three digits to the right of the signature strip]]

[[file:CIDSampleAmex.png|thumb|On [[American Express]] cards, the card security code is a printed, not embossed, group of four digits on the front towards the right]]

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* "CVC" or "card validation code": [[Mastercard]]

* "CVV" or "card verification value": [[Visa Inc.|Visa]]

* "CAV" or "card authentication value": [[JCB Co.,(credit Ltd.card company)|JCB]]

* "CID": "card ID", "card identification number", or "card identification code": [[Discover Card|Discover]], [[American Express]] (four digits on front of card). American Express usually uses the four-digit code on the front of the card, referred to as the card identification code (CID), but also has a three-digit code on the back of the card, referred to as the card security code (CSC). American Express also sometimes refers to a "unique card code".<ref>{{cite web|title=American Express® Card security features|url=https://www.americanexpress.com/content/dam/amex/hk/en/staticassets/merchant/pdf/support-and-services/useful-information-and-downloads/GuidetoCheckingCardFaces.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127205221/https://www.americanexpress.com/content/dam/amex/hk/en/staticassets/merchant/pdf/support-and-services/useful-information-and-downloads/GuidetoCheckingCardFaces.pdf|archive-date=2020-11-27|access-date=2021-05-04|website=www.americanexpress.com}}</ref>

* "CVD" or "card verification data": [[Discover Card|Discover]]