Card Number Masking

To reduce the risk of fraudulent card use, masking and/or truncation is applied to card numbers: Only a portion of the card number is masked with an '*' ( i.e., an asterisk is printed in place of the remaining digits of the number). The expiry date is not printed on any receipt copy.

IMPORTANT:  Do not disable Merchant Receipt Card Number Masking.  If Merchant Receipt Card Number Masking is disabled, the Card number will be fully displayed on the Merchant copy of the receipt.

On Receipts

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.  

[Merchant copy]  The card number will appear as 1234***********1111 while the Expiry date will appear masked as ****.  

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:

On Reports

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 you bypass the SWIPE ADMIN CARD prompt by pressing the  key, the card numbers are masked on the report and on the terminal display.  Expiry dates are not printed on reports.