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Credit Card ID Number (required to complete
your purchase)
The Customer Card ID Number (CID or CVV2) is a three or four digit number
that is unique to each card. This additional security feature is designed
to protect you by helping to ensure the card is present during the purchase.
It is printed only on the card, never on any receipts or statements.
CVV2: A new Three-Digit Value
An important new security feature for card-not present transactions
now appears on the back of most Visa cards. This new feature is a three-digit
value which provides a cryptographic check of the information embossed
on the card.
CVV2’s Location
The CVV2 three-digit value is printed on the signature panel on the
back of Visa cards immediately following the Visa card account number.
The CVV2 value helps validate two things:
? The Customer has a Visa card in his/her possession.
? The Card account is legitimate.
CVV2 is printed only on the back of Visa cards--it is not contained
in the magnetic stripe information, nor does it appear on sales receipts.
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