Networks List

Basic Card Payment, published by the W3C Web Payments Working Group, defines supportedNetworks as a sequence of identifiers for card networks accepted by the merchant. User agent support for identifiers will likely change over time, and perhaps more rapidly than the custom for W3C to update its Recommendations. This is the Working Group's list of approved card network identifiers.

Status

This is a draft for Working Group consideration.

Questions:

• Can we move this to w3.org? Rationale: (1) that would give us a persistent URL (2) it is not a requirement to enable editing by many people. If so, proposed URL: https://www.w3.org/Payments/card-network-ids.
• Is there any issue with strings that may be trademarked names? (Awaiting feedback from Amex)
• Has W3C management committed to long-term maintenance? (In discussion)

Change Policy

Please do not edit this document unless authorized by the Web Payments Working Group Chairs or Team Contact.

Non-editorial changes to this document must be approved through a decision of the Web Payments Working Group.

Requests to add to this list

Please send requests to add to this list to public-payments-wg@w3.org. In your request, please include a recommended network identifier (that is, a short string) and a link to information about the entity that owns the network.

Approved Network Identifiers

• amex
• diners
• discover
• jcb
• mastercard
• mir
• unionpay
• visa

Maintenance

• The Web Payments Working Group will maintain this list.
• If the Web Payments Working Group can no longer maintain the list, W3C management will address the maintenance and change policy of this resource.