For cards like Visa, RuPay, MasterCard and Discover, you will find a 3 digit CVV number. However, a number of international credit cards use a 4 digit CVV number placed on the card's front surface.

Payments giant Mastercard on Thursday (August 3) announced the introduction of Cardholder Verification Value (CVV)-less online transactions for its debit and credit cardholders who have tokenised ...

The rise of e-commerce in the 1990s necessitated further innovations in card security. Card Verification Value was introduced as a unique security feature on the back of credit and debit cards.