Unmask the first digit of credit card number

Apr 12, 2007 2 Replies

The first digit of the credit card number needs to be unmasked, so that a person call see what type of card was used.


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set each card type up individually with validation masks under the tender types.

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IIf the first character (or any other thtan the last 4 characters were unmasked) they would not be in PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance and could be subject to significant "fines" by Visa/Mastercard. If you have an issue, call your credit card processor. As suggested by Rook, if l you set up Validation, 4 for Visa, 5 for Mastercard, (I cannot remember Amex and Discover) you would know what the first digit is, otherwise you wold have gotten a processing error at the POS.

Regards,

Kinnard

Kinnard L. Kohler Business Machines Systems

6101 South Shackleford Road Little Rock, AR 72204-8606 (T) 501-375-8380 (F) 501-375-0043 (Cell) 501-412-5686 Email: snipped-for-privacy@bmsar.com

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