A credit card security code is a three- or four-digit number that’s found only on a physical credit card.

The security code for a credit card is often found within the strip provided for the consumer's signature.

While statistics like these may fuel consumer fear of credit card fraud, cardholders can take comfort in the fact that the major credit card networks — Visa, Mastercard, American Express and ...

GREENSBORO, NC -- A Two Wants to Know viewer wanted to know why some restaurants ask for the security code on the back of your credit card when you order take out and some don't. It turns out the ...

What Other Information Is Needed Besides a Credit Card Security Code? More people are shopping online and using their credit and debit cards to pay for purchases.