- Introduction to Payments
- Standard Payment Processing
- Card Present Connect | Retail Processing
- Authorization with Contact EMV and Online PIN
- Authorization with Contact EMV and Offline PIN
- Card Present Connect | Mass Transit Processing
- Debit and Prepaid Card Processing
- Processing Debit and Prepaid Authorizations
- Airline Data Processing
- Japanese Payment Options Processing
- Processing Payments Using Credentials
- Using Stored Customer Credentials During a CIT
- Merchant-Initiated Delayed Transaction with PAN
- Merchant-Initiated Incremental Transaction with PAN
- Merchant-Initiated No-Show Transactions with PAN
- Merchant-Initiated Reauthorization Transactions with PAN
- Merchant-Initiated Resubmission Transaction with PAN
- Installment Payments
- Recurring Payments
- Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payments with PAN
- Token Management Service Processing
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REST API | Visa Platform Connect
CVN Locations and Terminology
For most cards, the CVN is a three-digit number printed on the back of the card, to the
right of the signature field. For American Express, the CVN is a four-digit number
printed on the front of the card above the card number.
Each payment card company has its own name for the CVN value:
- American Express and Discover call it theCard Identification Number(CID).
- JCB calls it theCard Authentication Value(CAV2).
- Mastercard calls it theCard Validation Code(CVC2).
- Visa calls it theCard Verification Value(CVV2).