2007-05-09 02:00:11 · 6 answers · asked by black cowboy?!?! 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Credit
Visa, Mastercard and American Express have 16 digits. They are imprinted on the card. The following format is used when printing the numbers on the card, 4 numbers, space, 4 numbers, space, 4 numbers, space, 4 numbers.
i.e 4567 8965 4556 2336
2007-05-09 02:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by caazgrl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Visa, MasterCard, and Discover bank cards have 16 digits(4 sets of 4). American Express is the oddball, with only 15 digits.
Some store cards(for department stores, gas stations, jewelry stores, etc) have less than 16 digits. For example, my Shell credit card has only 12. But this only applies to store cards that do not have a Visa or MasterCard logo on them.
2007-05-09 02:38:34 · answer #2 · answered by buffalo_billz_2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10
2007-05-09 02:03:31 · answer #3 · answered by Matt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Visa, MC, Discover all have sixteen.
All visas start with a 4
All mc start with 5
All discover start with 6
AMEX have 15 numbers and all start with a 3
All cards when you add up the numbers total to a very specific number, which is how banks tell if the card number is legit.
2007-05-09 02:57:55 · answer #4 · answered by Jeff P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most have 16 numbers.
2007-05-09 02:03:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discover, Visa and Mastercard have 16
American Express has 15
2007-05-09 02:04:53 · answer #6 · answered by YSIC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋