Standards

Card Data Format - Track 2 37 NUMERIC DATA CHARACTERS

SS PAN
Primary Account No. (19 digits Max.)

Magnetic Stripe Card

Standards
Dimensions - Financial Transaction Cards

Magnetic Stripe Card

FS

ADDITIONAL DATA
NO. OF CHARACTERS

DISCRETIONARY DATA ES LRC

NO. OF CHARACTERS

ISO

7810

Expiration date (YYMM) Service Code

4 3

*PVKI *PVV or Offset *CVV or *CVC

Some or all of the above fields may be found within the Discretionary Data.

1 4 3

Shaded area identifies control characters. SS FS

Start Sentinel Hex B ; =

ES

End Sentinel

Hex F

Physical Characteristics of Credit Card Size Document 7811-1 Embossing 7811-2 Magnetic Stripe - Low Coercivity 7811-3 Location of Embossed Characters 7811-4 Location of Tracks 1 and 2 7811-5 Location of Track 3 7811-6 Magnetic Stripe - High Coercivity 7813 Financial Transaction Cards

2.125"
EMBOSSED INFORMATION

Field Separator Hex D

LRC Longitudinal Redundancy Check character

For Copies of Specifications contact: AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE 11 W. 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036 (212) 642-4900

3.375" 0.030" Thick

Card Data Format - Track 3 (ISO 4909) 104 NUMERIC DATA CHARACTERS
SS FC PAN
Primary Account No. (19 digits Max.)

FS

USE AND SECURITY DATA

NO. OF CHARACTERS

ADDITIONAL DATA
NO. OF CHARACTERS

ES LRC

Magnetic Stripe Encoding - Financial Transaction Cards

Shaded area identifies control characters. SS FS ES

Start Sentinel Hex B ; = ?

Country Code (opt.) Currency Code Currency Exponent Amount Authorized per Cycle Amount Remaining this Cycle Cycle Begin (Validity Date) Cycle Length Retry Count PIN Control Parameters (opt.) Interchange Controls PAN Service Restriction SAN-1 Service Restriction SAN-2 Service Restriction Expiration Date (opt.) Card Sequence Number Card Security Number (opt.)

3 3 1 4 4 4 2 1 6 1 2 2 2 4 1 9

First subsidiary Account Number (opt.) Secondary Subsidiary Account Number (opt.) Relay Marker Cryptographic Check Digits (opt.) Discretionary Data 1 6

0.223"
0.110" TRACK 1 IATA 0.110" TRACK 2 ABA 0.110" TRACK 3 THRIFT

RECORDING DENSITY (bits per inch) 210 BPI 75 BPI 210 BPI

CHARACTER CONFIGURATION (including parity bit) 7 BITS PER CHARACTER 5 BITS PER CHARACTER 5 BITS PER CHARACTER

INFORMATION CONTENT (including control characters) 79 ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS 40 NUMERIC CHARACTERS 107 NUMERIC CHARACTERS

Card Data Format - Track 1

A Field Separator (FS) must be encoded if an optional field is not used.

Field Separator Hex D End Sentinel Hex F

FC Format Code (2 digits) LRC

Longitudinal Redundancy Check character

The track formats used in this document are based on ISO Standards, however, other formats may be used. Contact your card issuer for your exact requirements.

76 ALPHANUMERIC DATA CHARACTERS

SS FC PAN
Primary Account No. (19 digits Max.)

FS

NAME
Name (26 alphanumeric character Max.)

FS

ADDITIONAL DATA
NO. OF CHARACTERS

DISCRETIONARY DATA ES LRC

NO. OF CHARACTERS

20725 S. Annalee Avenue Carson, CA 90746 Phone: (310) 631-8602 Fax: (310) 631-3956 Internet: http://www.magtek.com

Expiration date (YYMM) Service Code

4 3

*PVKI *PVV or Offset *CVV or *CVC

Some or all of the above fields may be found within the Discretionary Data.

1 4 3

SS FS ES

Start Sentinel Field Separator End Sentinel

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FC Format Code LRC Longitudinal Redundancy Check character

*(PVKI) PIN Verification Key Indicator *(PVV) PIN Verification Value *(CVV) Card Verification Value *(CVC) Card Validation Code

1-800-788-6835
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