Credit Card Type Updates

mikerobbo34 · January 2019

For all platforms (Mac, iOS, others I assume), is it possible to update the values for the credit card types for the sake of consistency?

i.e. Mastercard instead of MasterCard; and Visa instead of VISA

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastercard

Mastercard Incorporated (stylized as MasterCard from 1979 to 2016 and mastercard since 2016)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Inc.

Visa Inc. (also known as Visa, stylized as VISA)

Also, can we have a Visa Debit option added for Visa Debit cards?

Thanks, Michael

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mikerobbo34 · January 2019

AGAlumB · January 2019

Interesting. I wasn't aware that "mastercard" (I'm going to have to get used to that!) changed their branding in the recent past. But I'm not sure I follow you on the "Visa" thing, since it sounds like their intention is for it to be presented as "VISA". Anyway, I'll bring it up with the team. Thanks for bringing it to our attention! :)

MrC · January 2019

@brenty - please update me if any changes occur here. The converter suite has intimate knowledge of the currently supported names:

    elsif ($type eq $k_cctype) {
        my %cctypes = (
            mc            => qr/(?:master(?:card)?)|\Amc\z/i,
            visa          => qr/visa/i,
            amex          => qr/american express|amex/i,
            diners        => qr/diners club|\Adc\z/i,
            carteblanche  => qr/carte blanche|\Acb\z/i,
            discover      => qr/discover/i,
            jcb           => qr/jcb/i,
            maestro       => qr/(?:(?:mastercard\s*)?maestro)|\Amm\z/i,
            visaelectron  => qr/(?:(?:visa\s*)?electron)|\Ave\z/i,
            laser         => qr/laser/i,
            unionpay      => qr/union\s*pay|\Aup\z/i,
        );

mikerobbo34 · January 2019

@brenty Thanks for your response.

Mastercard is the company and official card name, whereas ‘mastercard’ is the new stylized version of the card name, replacing MasterCard in 2016.

Visa is the company and offical card name, whereas ‘VISA’ has always been the stylized version of the card name, i.e. what we see printed on the card logo. My argument is that we should be using the official card name and not something that is all capitals. If it’s all capitals, one has to ask is this an acronym? No, it’s a word, not an acronym and it should not be fully capitalised. Continuing to use ‘VISA’ is not consistent with the other values, e.g. American Express, which is stylized as Amex or AMERICAN EXPRESS in logos.

Also, is it possible to add a ‘Visa Debit’ and ‘Debit Mastercard’ values as options?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Debit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_Mastercard

mikerobbo34 · January 2019

@brenty Thanks for your response.

Mastercard is the company and official card name, whereas ‘mastercard’ is the new stylized version of the card name, replacing MasterCard in 2016.

Visa is the company and offical card name, whereas ‘VISA’ has always been the stylized version of the card name, i.e. what we see printed on the card logo. My argument is that we should be using the official card name and not something that is all capitals. If it’s all capitals, one has to ask is this an acronym? No, it’s a word, not an acronym and it should be fully capitalised. Continuing to use ‘VISA’ is not consistent with the other values, e.g. American Express, which is stylized as Amex or AMERICAN EXPRESS in logos.

Also, is it possible to have ‘Visa Debit’ and ‘Debit Mastercard’ values added?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Debit

Visa Debit is a major brand of debit card issued by Visa in many countries around the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_Mastercard

The Debit Mastercard is a debit card. It uses the same systems as the standard Mastercard.

FYI, Mastercard announced a week ago that they are dropping the name ‘Mastercard’ or ‘mastercard’ from their logo.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2019/01/08/mastercard-new-logo-no-longer-has-letters-iconic-brand-move/2511521002/

This furthers my point about the name
of the card and ignoring any stylization of the card name.

mikerobbo34 · January 2019

@brenty Thanks for your response.

Mastercard is the company and official card name, whereas ‘mastercard’ is the new stylized version of the card name, replacing MasterCard in 2016.

Visa is the company and offical card name, whereas ‘VISA’ has always been the stylized version of the card name, i.e. what we see printed on the card logo.

My argument is that we should be using the official card name and not something that is all capitals. If it’s all capitals, one has to ask: is this an acronym? No, it’s a word, not an acronym and thus, it should not be fully capitalised.

Continuing to use ‘VISA’ is not consistent with the other values available, e.g. American Express, which is stylized as Amex or AMERICAN EXPRESS in the logo.

FYI, Mastercard changed their logo a week to remove the name from the logo entirely.

https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/33190/mastercard-ditches-name-in-logo-rebrand

This supports my argument that the name of the card should be used and not any stylized version of the name of the card; e.g. not using ’mastercard’ or ‘VISA’.

Also, is it possible to have ‘Visa Debit’ and ‘Debit Mastercard’ values added (as mentioned in the original post re: Visa Debit)?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Debit

Visa Debit is a major brand of debit card issued by Visa in many countries around the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_Mastercard

The Debit Mastercard is a debit card. It uses the same systems as the standard Mastercard.

Thanks, Michael

mikerobbo34 · January 2019

@brenty Thanks for your response.

Mastercard is the company and official card name, whereas ‘mastercard’ is the new stylized version of the card name, replacing MasterCard in 2016.

Visa is the company and offical card name, whereas ‘VISA’ has always been the stylized version of the card name, i.e. what we see printed on the card logo.

My argument is that we should be using the official card name and not something that is all capitals. If it’s all capitals, one has to ask: is this an acronym? No, it’s a word, not an acronym and thus, it should not be fully capitalised.

Continuing to use ‘VISA’ is not consistent with the other values available, e.g. American Express, which is stylized as Amex or AMERICAN EXPRESS in the logo.

FYI, Mastercard changed their logo a week to remove the name from the logo entirely.

https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/33190/mastercard-ditches-name-in-logo-rebrand

This supports my argument that the name of the card should be used and not any stylized version of the name of the card; e.g. not using ’mastercard’ or ‘VISA’.

Also, is it possible to have ‘Visa Debit’ and ‘Debit Mastercard’ values added (as mentioned in the original post re: Visa Debit)?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Debit

Visa Debit is a major brand of debit card issued by Visa in many countries around the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_Mastercard

The Debit Mastercard is a debit card. It uses the same systems as the standard Mastercard.

Thanks, Michael

mikerobbo34 · January 2019

@brenty Thanks for your response.

Mastercard is the company and official card name, whereas ‘mastercard’ is the new stylized version of the card name, replacing MasterCard in 2016.

Visa is the company and offical card name, whereas ‘VISA’ has always been the stylized version of the card name, i.e. what we see printed on the card logo.

My argument is that we should be using the official card name and not something that is all capitals. If it’s all capitals, one has to ask: is this an acronym? No, it’s a word, not an acronym and thus, it should not be fully capitalised.

Continuing to use ‘VISA’ is not consistent with the other values available, e.g. American Express, which is stylized as Amex or AMERICAN EXPRESS in the logo.

FYI, Mastercard changed their logo a week to remove the name from the logo entirely.

https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/33190/mastercard-ditches-name-in-logo-rebrand

This supports my argument that the name of the card should be used and not any stylized version of the name of the card; e.g. not using ’mastercard’ or ‘VISA’.

Also, is it possible to have ‘Visa Debit’ and ‘Debit Mastercard’ values added (as mentioned in the original post re: Visa Debit)?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Debit

Visa Debit is a major brand of debit card issued by Visa in many countries around the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_Mastercard

The Debit Mastercard is a debit card. It uses the same systems as the standard Mastercard.

Thanks, Michael

mikerobbo34 · January 2019

@brenty Thanks for your response.

Mastercard is the company and official card name, whereas ‘mastercard’ is the new stylized version of the card name, replacing MasterCard in 2016.

Visa is the company and offical card name, whereas ‘VISA’ has always been the stylized version of the card name, i.e. what we see printed on the card logo.

My argument is that we should be using the official card name and not something that is all capitals. If it’s all capitals, one has to ask: is this an acronym? No, it’s a word, not an acronym and thus, it should not be fully capitalised.

Continuing to use ‘VISA’ is not consistent with the other values available, e.g. American Express, which is stylized as Amex or AMERICAN EXPRESS in the logo.

FYI, Mastercard changed their logo a week to remove the name from the logo entirely.

https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/33190/mastercard-ditches-name-in-logo-rebrand

This supports my argument that the name of the card should be used and not any stylized version of the name of the card; e.g. not using ’mastercard’ or ‘VISA’.

Also, is it possible to have ‘Visa Debit’ and ‘Debit Mastercard’ values added (as mentioned in the original post re: Visa Debit)?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Debit

Visa Debit is a major brand of debit card issued by Visa in many countries around the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_Mastercard

The Debit Mastercard is a debit card. It uses the same systems as the standard Mastercard.

Thanks, Michael

mikerobbo34 · January 2019

@brenty Thanks for your response.

Mastercard is the company and official card name, whereas ‘mastercard’ is the new stylized version of the card name, replacing MasterCard in 2016.

Visa is the company and offical card name, whereas ‘VISA’ has always been the stylized version of the card name, i.e. what we see printed on the card logo.

My argument is that we should be using the official card name and not something that is all capitals. If it’s all capitals, one has to ask: is this an acronym? No, it’s a word, not an acronym and thus, it should not be fully capitalised.

Continuing to use ‘VISA’ is not consistent with the other values available, e.g. American Express, which is stylized as Amex or AMERICAN EXPRESS in the logo.

FYI, Mastercard changed their logo a week to remove the name from the logo entirely.

https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/33190/mastercard-ditches-name-in-logo-rebrand

This supports my argument that the name of the card should be used and not any stylized version of the name of the card; e.g. not using ’mastercard’ or ‘VISA’.

Also, is it possible to have ‘Visa Debit’ and ‘Debit Mastercard’ values added (as mentioned in the original post re: Visa Debit)?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Debit

Visa Debit is a major brand of debit card issued by Visa in many countries around the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_Mastercard

The Debit Mastercard is a debit card. It uses the same systems as the standard Mastercard.

Thanks, Michael

AGAlumB · January 2019

@mikerobbo34: Excellent points. Thank you! I've filed an issue for this, and we'll see if/when it makes sense to make changes to this across all 7(?) apps. :)

@MrC: I've also left a note to keep you in the loop in case changes need to be made in the converters. Thanks for the poke! :chuffed:

ref: xplatform/b5book#938

Finally,

Also, is it possible to have ‘Visa Debit’ and ‘Debit Mastercard’ values added (as mentioned in the original post re: Visa Debit)?

While it's come up from time to time, that's problematic for filling logic and user confusion, since a lot of cards you would not consider "Visa Debit", etc. actually say that on them. But we'll keep it in mind in case it becomes feasible in the future. Cheers! :)

legomaniac · March 2019

@brenty is it possible if/when you update this to include a type of "Store Card" or "Merchant Card" to reflect a card(s) that can only be used at a specific store or merchant?

AGAlumB · March 2019

It's certainly something we can consider. :)

mikerobbo34 · August 2019

@brenty I see that you guys have updated the Mastercard name since I last posted.

Here are some social media screen shots for Visa that show the company name is 'Visa' and not 'VISA'

Ben · August 2019

It seems they use either/both. Thanks for sharing. :+1:

Ben

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