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On 03/01/2018 03:14 PM, Adrian Klaver
wrote:
On
03/01/2018 01:03 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 03/01/2018 02:32 PM, David G. Johnston
wrote:
There's always the "account number", which
is usually synthetic. Credit Card numbers are also synthetic.
Actually, no:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_card_number
There is a method to the madness, not just random issuance of
numbers. It was made it relatively easy for folks to generate
numbers. Hence the addition of CSC codes.
Right. And how do the issuers generate the individual account
identifier within their IIN ranges?
ICD numbers are (relatively)
synthetic, too.
But that doesn't mean we have to use them willy-nilly
everywhere.
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