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facialfreak · 05-03-2008, 12:14 AM

Found this tidbit on VISA's website :

Card Verification Value 2 (CVV2)

Is a three-digit number imprinted on the signature panel of Visa cards to help card-not-present merchants verify that the customer has a legitimate card in hand at the time of the order. The merchant asks the customer for the CVV2 code and then sends it to the card Issuer as part of the authorization request. The card Issuer checks the CVV2 code to determine its validity, then sends a CVV2 result back to the merchant along with the authorization. CVV2 is required on all Visa cards.

To protect CVV2 data from being compromised, Visa U.S.A. Inc. Operating Regulations prohibit merchants from keeping or storing CVV2 numbers once a transaction has been completed.

As the card that we use to load our Epassporte is not issued by them, for all intense purposes, they fall into the category of merchant for the transaction involving our signing up for an epassporte card!

05-03-2008, 12:14 AM
facialfreak Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 3,018	Found this tidbit on VISA's website : Card Verification Value 2 (CVV2) Is a three-digit number imprinted on the signature panel of Visa cards to help card-not-present merchants verify that the customer has a legitimate card in hand at the time of the order. The merchant asks the customer for the CVV2 code and then sends it to the card Issuer as part of the authorization request. The card Issuer checks the CVV2 code to determine its validity, then sends a CVV2 result back to the merchant along with the authorization. CVV2 is required on all Visa cards. *To protect CVV2 data from being compromised, Visa U.S.A. Inc. Operating Regulations prohibit merchants from keeping or storing CVV2 numbers once a transaction has been completed.* As the card that we use to load our Epassporte is not issued by them, for all intense purposes, they fall into the category of merchant for the transaction involving our signing up for an epassporte card! __________________ Managed Shared Hosting starting at $4.99/mo Managed VPS starting at $29.99/mo Last edited by facialfreak; 05-03-2008 at 12:17 AM..