Technical Note: 19990101002

Credit Card Codes

(Maitre'D 1999, and later versions of Maitre'D)

Electronic Funds Transfer

Card Name Number of digits Starting With
Visa 16 or 13 4
Master Card 16 5
American Express (*) 15 34 or 37
American Diner's 14 30
Diners Club Int. 14 36
Carte Blanche 14 38
JCB (*) 15 or 16 3, 1800 or 2131
Discover / Novus 16 6011
EnRoute (**) 15 2014 or 2149
(*) : Since JCB cards that start with a 3 have 15 digits, and that American Express cards start with a 34 or a 37, and also have 15 digits, JCB absolutely MUST be AFTER American Express in your Media type setup order. If it came before, all American Express cards would be interpreted as JCB.
(**) : No Modulus 10 Validation.