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In France, all my credit cards except the very last one have raised numbers. The last one with raised numbers was delivered to me in 2024. The one without came
by vladvasiliu 2y ago
In France, all my credit cards except the very last one have raised numbers.
The last one with raised numbers was delivered to me in 2024. The one without came a few months later, from the same bank. It also has the number on the back, right next to the static CVC. I guess security is indeed their top priority.
Anecdotally, all the credit cards I've had started to have the paint rub off the embossed number fairly quickly, rendering it very difficult to read. The other text on them didn't have this issue.
- lxgr 2y agoMost of my cards look like that these days. Arguably it's a wash for security: Yes, you can take a single photo of all the card details if the CVC is on the same side as the number and expiry, but on the other hand, there's nothing of value on the front now, which helps with people taking photos of their cards and posting them on social media. And I agree, the paint rubbing off is extremely annoying, and even worse when it's metallic paint, flakes of which have a habit of deeply embedding themselves in all kinds of leather and fabric materials. That, and the fact that you can't fit as many of them in a "card-only wallet", makes me not want to carry any of them anymore.