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ISO Magnetic Stripe Card Standards

The track formats used in this document are based on ISO Standards, however, other formats may be used. Contact your card issuer for your exact requirements.


Dimensions - Financial Transaction Cards

 

ISO 7810 Physical characteristics of credit card size document
  7811-1 Embossing
  7811-2 Magnetic stripe - low coercivity
  7811-3 Location of embossed characters
  7811-4 Location of tracks 1 and 2
  7811-5 Location of track 3
  7811-6 Magnetic stripe - high coercivity
  7813 Financial transaction cards

 

 

 

 

Card Data Format
Track 1

 

 

 

Card Data Format
Track 2

 

 

Card Data Format
Track 3 (ISO 4909)

 

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