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ANSI X9.1 : 1991

Superseded
Superseded

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BANK CARDS - MAGNETIC STRIPE CONTENT FOR TRACK 3
Superseded date

17-12-2003

Published date

12-01-2013

Foreword
1 Purpose and scope
  1.1 Purpose
  1.2 Scope and field of application
2 References
3 Definitions
4 Physical characteristics of the card
5 Location and dimensions of embossed data
6 Physical characteristics
  6.1 Physical characteristics
  6.2 Performance characteristics
7 Encoding specifications
8 Data content of track 3
  8.1 Field 1: start sentinel
  8.2 Field 2: format code
  8.3 Field 3: primary account number (PAN)
  8.4 Field 4: field separator (FS)
  8.5 Field 5: country code
  8.6 Field 6: currency
  8.7 Field 7: currency exponent
  8.8 Field 8: amount authorized per cycle period
  8.9 Field 9: amount remaining this cycle
  8.10 Field 10: cycle begin
  8.11 Field 11: cycle length
  8.12 Field 12: retry count
  8.13 Field 13: personal identification number control
       parameters (PINPARM)
  8.14 Field 14: interchange control
  8.15 Field 15: type of account (TA) and service restriction
       (SR) - PAN
  8.16 Field 16: type of account and service restrictions - SAN-1
  8.17 Field 17: type of account and services restrictions - SAN-2
  8.18 Field 18: expiry date
  8.19 Field 19: card sequence number
  8.20 Field 20: card security number
  8.21 Field 21: first subsidiary account number (SAN-1)
  8.22 Field 22: field separator
  8.23 Field 23: second subsidiary account number (SAN-2)
  8.24 Field 24: field separator
  8.25 Field 25: relay marker
  8.26 Field 26: crypto check digits (CCD)
  8.27 Field 27: additional data
  8.28 Field 28: end sentinel
  8.29 Field 29: longitudinal redundancy check (LRC)
Tables
1 Track 3 information layout for format code 01
2 Track 3 information layout for format code 02
Annex A Primary account number formats
  A.1 Primary account number (PAN)
  A.2 Description of PAN formats

Ascertains specifications for those cards issued by or acceptable to the banking industry and is intended to permit interchange based on the use of magnetic stripe encoded information. It specifies the data content and physical location of read/write information on track 3 and is to be used in conjunction with the relevant parts of those documents quoted in clause 2.

Committee
X9
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
American Bankers Association
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
ISO 4909:2000 Identical

ANSI X4.16 : 1983 FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARDS, MAGNETIC STRIPE ENCODING FOR,

ISO 7812:1987 Identification cards — Numbering system and registration procedure for issuer identifiers
ISO/IEC 7811-4:1995 Identification cards — Recording technique — Part 4: Location of read-only magnetic tracks — Tracks 1 and 2
ISO/IEC 7813:2006 Information technology Identification cards Financial transaction cards
ISO/IEC 7811-1:2014 Identification cards Recording technique Part 1: Embossing
ISO 4217:2015 Codes for the representation of currencies
ISO/IEC 7811-3:1995 Identification cards — Recording technique — Part 3: Location of embossed characters on ID-1 cards
ISO/IEC 7811-2:2014 Identification cards Recording technique Part 2: Magnetic stripe Low coercivity
ISO/IEC 7810:2003 Identification cards Physical characteristics
ISO/IEC 7811-5:1995 Identification cards — Recording technique — Part 5: Location of read-write magnetic track — Track 3

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