---
id: "payment_card_brand"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["finances"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 75
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/payment_card_brand"
---

# Payment card brand (card network) (`payment_card_brand`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Brand or network of a payment card, such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, JCB or Diners Club. It is the type of the card, not its number; the card number is the datatype bankcard.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Finances and banking (finances)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical

## Examples

- `VISA`
- `Mastercard`
- `AMEX` — American Express

## Mappings

- fta: `CREDIT_CARD_TYPE`

## Supported by tools

- `fta`

## Translations

- ru: Платёжная система карты

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_card_number>
- other: <https://github.com/tsegall/fta/blob/main/SemanticTypes.md>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: regexp, negative example.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/payment_card_brand.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/finances/payment_card_brand.yaml>