GLOBAL PAYMENTS KNOWLEDGEISO 20022 / SWIFT / SEPA / MT / MX
PAYMENTSSIGNAL

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DRILL · TOKENIZATION AND PCI DSS

The words behind Tokenization and PCI DSS

Read the plain-language definition, then name the term it describes.

A substitute for the real card number, issued by the card network's token service and restricted to a specific device, merchant, or channel.

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THE DRILL AS TEXT

  1. A substitute for the real card number, issued by the card network's token service and restricted to a specific device, merchant, or channel.
    • Network token
  2. The substitute card number a phone or watch stores in place of the real PAN — a network token bound to that specific device.
    • DPAN — Device Primary Account Number
  3. The party that asks the token service to tokenise a card — a mobile wallet, a merchant with cards on file, or a gateway — each under its own registered identifier.
    • Token requestor
  4. The card industry's security standard for anyone who stores, processes, or transmits card numbers — enforced through the schemes and acquirers, not by law.
    • PCI DSS — Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

This drill is built from Tokenization and PCI DSS — it rearranges material written and sourced on that page rather than asserting anything new, so every claim in it is checkable there.