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Encyclopedia > ISO 7810

Standards for financial and identity cards are set out by ISO.


All credit cards and debit cards, and most ID cards, are the same shape and size ID-1 as specified by the ISO 7810 standard:

  • ID-1 = 85.725 × 55.245mm (= 3.375 × 2.175 in)
  • ID-2 = 105 × 74 mm (= A7)
  • ID-3 = 125 × 88 mm (= B7)

Smartcards follow specifications set out in ISO 7816, and contactless smart cards follow the ISO 14443 specification (see also RFID).


See also: Magnetic stripe card


External links

  • http://www.cyberd.co.uk/support/technotes/isocards.htm

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ISO 7810 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (349 words)
ISO 7810 is an international standard that defines three formats for identity or identification cards, ID-1, ID-2, and ID-3.
ISO 7813 defines additional characteristics of ID-1 plastic banking cards, for example a thickness of 0.76 mm and corners rounded with a radius of 3.18 mm.
ISO 7811 defines traditional techniques for recording data on ID-1 identification cards, namely embossed characters and several different magnetic recording formats.
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