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Nursie on May 6, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: We'd lose our security certificate if we allowed p...

The standards allow for up to 12. Not that people always implement them properly, but that's what you're supposed to support if (like me at the moment) you make credit-card terminals.

madeofpalk on May 6, 2014 [–]

Cards issued by Commonwealth Bank in Australia actually don't come with a PIN - you set it yourself, up to 12 chars, online when you activate.

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