CVV is a hostile to misrepresentation security highlight to help confirm that you are in control of your charge card. For Visa/Mastercard, the three-digit CVV number is imprinted on the mark board on the back of the card quickly after the card's record number.

The CVV Number ("Card Verification Value") on your Visa or platinum card is a 3 digit number on VISA®, MasterCard® and Discover® marked credit and check cards. On your American Express® marked credit or check card it is a 4 digit numeric code.

CVV numbers are NOT your card's mystery PIN (Personal Identification Number).

CVV numbers are otherwise called CSC numbers ("Card Security Code"), and in addition CVV2 numbers, which are the same as CVV numbers, aside from that they have been created by a second era prepare that makes them harder to "figure".

CVV number can be situated by looking on your credit or check card, as represented in the picture beneath: