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BR-51

In accordance with card payments security standards an invoice should never include a full card primary account number (BT-97). At the moment PCI Security Standards Council has defined that the first 6 digits and last 4 digits are the maximum number of digits to be shown.

What does this rule mean?

In accordance with card payments security standards an invoice should never include a full card primary account number (BT-97). At the moment PCI Security Standards Council has defined that the first 6 digits and last 4 digits are the maximum number of digits to be shown.

A core EN 16931 business rule.

BT-97
Document level allowance reason
Official rule message (standard)

In accordance with card payments security standards an invoice should never include a full card primary account number (BT-97). At the moment PCI Security Standards Council has defined that the first 6 digits and last 4 digits are the maximum number of digits to be shown.

Where the rule applies

Syntax: CII · UBL

The same rule, expressed twice: UBL and CII name the same fields with different paths. Running a CII file against the UBL rules is why you get errors that mean nothing.

UBL

  • cac:PaymentMeans/cac:CardAccount/cbc:PrimaryAccountNumberID

CII

  • //ram:ApplicableTradeSettlementFinancialCard

Technical test

The rule passes when this Schematron expression holds true:

string-length(ram:ID)<=10

How to fix it

A missing or incorrect business entry only you can supply. Add or correct it, then re-check.

Add or correct the named entry, then re-check.

Correct the affected entry in your XML, then re-check the invoice. Validation runs locally in your browser — your file never leaves your machine.

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