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Can I forward the first two numbers of a card PIN?

Yes, you can securely forward the first two digits of your customer's personal identification number (PIN) for a card using the Forward API.

In some regions, such as South Korea, cardholders must enter the first two digits of their four-digit PIN to confirm card ownership.

To include the first two digits of the PIN in your forward request, follow these steps:

  1. Collect the PIN from the customer.
  2. Tokenize the PIN by calling the Request a token endpoint, setting the type field to pin. The response returns a token, prefixed with tok_.
  3. Call the Forward an API request endpoint, and provide the token value from the Request a token response in the destination_request.body field. 

The token replaces the {{card_pin}} placeholder value.

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