AS 3525-2008

1 - AS 3525-2008 Financial transaction cards-Magnetic stripe data content for track 3
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - INTRODUCTION
7 - 1 Scope
7 - 2 Normative references
7 - 3 Terms and definitions
8 - 4 Physical characteristics of the card
8 - 5 Location and dimensions of embossed data
8 - 6 Physical and performance characteristics of the magnetic material
8 - 6.1 Physical characteristics
8 - 6.2 Performance characteristics
8 - 7 Encoding specifications
9 - 8 Data content of track 3
11 - 8.1 Field 1: start sentinel
11 - 8.2 Field 2: format code
11 - 8.3 Field 3: primary account number (PAN)
11 - 8.4 Field 4: field separator (FS)
11 - 8.5 Field 5: country code
11 - 8.6 Field 6: currency
12 - 8.7 Field 7: currency exponent
12 - 8.8 Field 8: amount authorized per cycle period
12 - 8.9 Field 9: amount remaining this cycle
12 - 8.10 Field 10: cycle begin
13 - 8.11 Field 11: cycle length
13 - 8.12 Field 12: retry count
14 - 8.13 Field 13: personal identification number control parameters (PINPARM)
14 - 8.14 Field 14: interchange control
15 - 8.15 Field 15: type of account (TA) and service restriction (SR) – PAN
15 - 8.16 Field 16: type of account and service restrictions - SAN-1
15 - 8.17 Field 17: type of account and service restrictions – SAN-2
16 - 8.18 Field 18: expiry date
16 - 8.19 Field 19: card sequence number
16 - 8.20 Field 20: card security number
16 - 8.21 Field 21: first subsidiary account number (SAN-1)
17 - 8.22 Field 22: field separator
17 - 8.23 Field 23: second subsidiary account number (SAN-2)
17 - 8.24 Field 24: field separator
17 - 8.25 Field 25: relay marker
17 - 8.26 Field 26: crypto check digits (CCD
18 - 8.27 Field 27: additional data
19 - 8.28 Field 28: end sentinel
19 - 8.29 Field 29: longitudinal redundancy check (LRC)
20 - Bibliography

Adopts ISO/IEC4909:2006 to align Australian usage of track 3 with the latest international practices.

Originated as AS 2623.32-1983.
Previous edition AS 3525-1988.
Second edition 2008.