What is a CSC and why does CTY require it on the payment page?
For our customers’ protection, CTY has implemented on-line payment with the features that guard against fraudulent transactions. This system employs both Address Verification Services (AVS) to insure the entered billing address matches the credit card and Card Security Validation (CSV) to insure the customer is in physical possession of the card. The card security code (CSC) is a number printed on the card. The number is not embossed on the card and hence not printed on receipts etc. making it much harder for anyone other than the cardholder to know what the code is. This will help prevent ‘cardholder not present’ fraud. A card security code is now printed on the vast majority of credit/debit cards. The format and position of the security code varies across card schemes. Some cards have a three-digit number printed at the end of the cards’ signature strip. Some card issuers refer to this number as the ‘Security Code’, others as the ‘personal security code’ and others as ‘Card Verificat
For our customers’ protection, CTY has implemented on-line payment with the features that guard against fraudulent transactions. This system employs both Address Verification Services (AVS) to insure the entered billing address matches the credit card and Card Security Validation (CSV) to insure the customer is in physical possession of the card. The number is not embossed on the card and hence not printed on receipts etc. making it much harder for anyone other than the cardholder to know what the code is. This will help prevent ‘cardholder not present’ fraud. A Card Security Code is now printed on the vast majority of credit/debit cards. The format and position of the security code varies across card schemes. Some cards have a three-digit number printed at the end of the cards’ signature strip. Some card issuers refer to this number as the ‘Security Code’, others as the ‘personal security code’ and others as ‘Card Verification Value.’ In addition, it may also go by the name of ‘CVV2’
