To reduce the risk of fraudulent card use, only a portion of the cardholder's Card number is printed. The remainder of the Card number is masked with an '*' ( i.e., an asterisk is printed for each of the remaining digits of the number).
IMPORTANT: Do not disable Merchant Receipt Card Number Masking. If Merchant Receipt Card Number Masking is disabled, the Card number and the Expiry date will be fully displayed on the Merchant copy of the receipt.
Card masking is dependent on payment type (i.e., credit or debit) and the card issuer.
For credit (and some debit chip) cards:
[Cardholder copy] The card number will appear masked as ***************1234 while no Expiry date appears at all. (See example . )
[Merchant copy] The card number will appear as 1234***********1111 while the Expiry date will appear masked as ****. (See example .)
For most debit cards:
[Cardholder copy] The card number will appear masked as 1234567891*********.
[Merchant copy] The card number will appear masked as 1234***********1111.
For loyalty and gift cards:
[Cardholder copy] The card number will appear masked as ***************1234 and no Expiry date appears.
[Merchant copy] The card number will appear masked as 1234***********1111 and no Expiry date appears.
For Air Miles Rewards cards:
An Air Miles Rewards card number will appear fully as 12345678911.
If a POS Admin card is swiped at the SWIPE ADMIN CARD prompt during a report transaction, the Card numbers on the printed report will NOT be masked (i.e., the full Card number is printed). The Card numbers displayed on the screen (e.g., in the Transaction Inquiry) are NOT masked on the terminal display.
If the SWIPE ADMIN CARD prompt is bypassed by pressing OK, the card numbers are masked on the report and on the terminal display. In addition, the credit card (including some debit chip cards) Expiry dates are not printed on the report.