Card Security Code (CSC) Check
When you set up a Moneris or PayPal merchant account in Administration, you select the level of its Card Security Code (CSC) check. CSC is fraud protection to verify the card security code, called the Card Verification Value (CVV2). The CSC appears only on the credit card itself, and not on receipts or statements. If you select “Full” or “Light,” the program use a CSC check to process transactions through your merchant account.
When you set up a PayPal merchant account, you also select the types of credit cards available for transactions on your website through your Internet merchant account and the processor to handle transactions of each credit card type. Regardless of the CSC setting on your merchant account, not all processors support CSC checks for all credit card types. Depending on the processor you select, PayPal may not be able to perform a CSC check for all transactions.
Note: None of the processors available in the program support CSC checks on JCB, Diner’s Card, CarteB, Enroute, or Switch/Solo credit cards.
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American Express supports CSC checks on only American Express credit cards. |
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EDS and Norwest do not support CSC checks on any credit card types. |
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FDMS Nashville supports CSC checks on only MasterCard and Visa credit cards. |
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FDMS South and PaymenTech support CSC checks on only American Express, MasterCard, and Visa credit cards. |
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Nova and Global Central support CSC checks on only Discover, MasterCard, and Visa credit cards. |
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Vital, Global East, FDMS North, and Wells Fargo support CSC checks on American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa credit cards. |