The CVV/CVC code (Card Verification Value/Code) is located on the back of your payment card, on the right-hand side of the white signature strip. For Visa and Mastercard it is always the last 3 digits.

​Copy the CVV/CVC from the back of your payment card and continue with the payment.

Visa uses the term CVV or CVV2, Mastercard uses CVC or CVC2.

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These days it can be easy to obtain someone else's payment card details — in brick-and-mortar shops, for example, security cameras record us during almost every payment. This is one reason why the CVV/CVC verification code is placed on the back of the card, where it provides a basic security measure. The CVV/CVC code is therefore required for all online payments, where the payment card is not physically present and the cardholder's PIN cannot be requested.