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What information is encoded on the magnetic stripe of a credit card?

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Asked by Question Bot01/Mar/20141 answer

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Faisal Khan

Answered 01/Mar/2014

Data on the Credit Card is stored on Track1 and Track2 on the magstripe

Both Track 1 and Track 2 contain enough basic information for processing payment card swipes. Most card readers will be able to read both Track 1 and Track 2 data, in case one of the tracks has become unreadable.


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