Card Verification Number

What is a CVN - Credit Card Verification Number?

The CVN is a security code that is visible, in print, on either the front or the back of all major credit cards.

For Visa, MasterCard, and Discover cards, the card code is a separate 3 digit number located on the back of your card on or above your signature line (The panel will contain either your entire card number followed by the three-digit code OR the last four digits of your card number followed by the three-digit code).

For an American Express card, it is a separate 4 digit number on the FRONT above the end of your card number.

The purpose of this code is to help validate that a genuine card is being used during a transaction, especially in situations like mail orders, telephone orders or Internet orders where the card is not present. The CVN is uniquely associated with the plastic card that is issued to the Cardholder and is never printed on a receipt or cardholder statement, nor may it be stored in a merchants' computer system

How to find your CVN?