Credit Cards: 3.2.2. MasterCard alliance

In 2004, Diners Club announced an agreement with MasterCard. Diners Club cards issued in the United States and Canada now feature a MasterCard logo and 16-digit account number on the front, and can be used wherever MasterCard can. Cards from other countries continue to bear a 14-digit account number on the front, with the MasterCard logo on the back.

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Bank card
In general, a bank card refers to a plastic card issued by a bank and used to access funds from an account, such as:
• ATM card, a plastic card linked to one or many accounts, primarily for ATM usage but also useable at branches. An ATM card also useable for making payments at merchants is often called a debit card.
• Credit card, a plastic card attached to a revolving credit line.
• Debit card, a plastic card linked to a bank account.

Major credit cards
MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Japan Credit Bureau (JCB), Discover, Diners Club, China UnionPay

Major debit cards
Maestro (Switch, Solo), Visa Debit (Delta, Connect), Visa Electron, PagoBancomat, Carte Bleue, China UnionPay, Dankort, Girocard (EC), Laser, Interac

Specialty card
Centurion

Defunct cards
Access, Bankcard, Carte Blanche, Choice, enRoute, Eurocard, Everything

See also
Credit card fraud, Interbank network, Automated teller machine (ATM), Magnetic stripe card, Smartcard

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