A card enclosure is a container for smart cards, credit cards, debit cards, telephone cards, visiting cards, business cards and other cards of similar size. Most cards have dimensions that follow the ID-1 format of the ISO/IEC 7810 standard which specify the physical dimensions for cards to be 85.60 × 53.98 mm. The enclosures can be made of metal, leather, or plastic and come in various colors and designs. Sometimes having a laser engraved design for aesthetic purposes.
There are shaped CDs that are business card sized that also fit.
If made of aluminum, it may provide RFID shielding for proximity cards.
See also
Credit, charge and debit cards |
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| Major cards |
- American Express
- Diners Club
- Mastercard
- Visa
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Regional and specialty cards |
- Bancomat
- BC Card
- BCA Card
- Cabcharge
- Dankort
- Discover
- EFTPOS
- Electronic Payment Services (EPS)
- Elo
- Forbrugsforeningen
- Girocard
- Interac
- Isracard
- JCB
- Mir
- MEPS
- NETS
- PayPak
- RuPay
- Troy
- UnionPay
- UATP
- V Pay
- Verve
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| Defunct cards |
- Access
- Bankcard
- Carte Blanche
- Carte Bleue
- Choice
- enRoute
- Eurocard
- Everything
- Laser
- Rail Travel Card
- Revolution Card
- Solo
- Switch
- PIN
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| Accounts |
- Payment card number
- Card association
- Card enclosure
- Credit card balance transfer
- Credit limit
- Installment credit
- Revolving account
- Deposit account
- Current/checking account
- Savings account
- ATM card
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| Debt | |
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| Interest |
- Grace period
- Introductory rate
- Universal default
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| Payment |
- Card not present transaction
- Chargeback
- Controlled payment number
- Dispute
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| Interchange |
- Interchange fee
- Surcharge
- Card scheme
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| Security |
- Card security code
- Chargeback fraud
- Credit card fraud
- Credit card hijacking
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| Technology |
- Automated teller machine
- Contactless payment
- EMV
- Hardware security module
- Interbank network
- Magnetic stripe card
- Payment terminal
- Personal identification number
- Secure cryptoprocessor
- Smart card
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| Banking |
- Issuing bank
- Acquiring bank
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