Yes, The black strip on the back of a credit card (or any other plastic card with a dark strip) stores information on it in magnetic form. Thus if you place a credit card near a strong magnet it will change/damage this magnetic information making the strip unreadable.
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You put your card into the machine, the magnet recognizes the strip on the card and asks for the pin. The user enters the pin and then next paths are made.
This could damage your credit score. It will be harder for you to get credit cards or loans in the future.
Some advantages of Providian's credit card payments are that they offer security protection, damage protection and theft protection on the card and products purchased.
Using your credit card can go both ways! If you choose not to pay your bills on time, you will recieve bad credit. If you pay all your bills on time, I'm certain you will have a squeaky clean credit!
A magnet in a credit card is used to store information. The magnet encodes data in a series of magnetic stripes which are then read by card readers. This information typically includes the card number, expiration date, and cardholder's name.
yes but it depends on the type of magnet and how strong it is
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a credit card [wrong]Apex :)SHE IS WRONG, its a credit card AND an access card you scan for entry into a builing.
Take a magnet, swipe it on the magnetic strip on the card.
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Yes closing a credit card can damage your credit score. But as long as everything else is good it should not affect you credit rating to much. Look for tips to keep a good credit card rating.
Keeping a credit card near a magnet can potentially demagnetize the magnetic stripe on the card, rendering it unreadable. This can make it difficult or impossible to use the card for transactions. It's best to store credit cards away from magnetic fields to avoid this issue.
You should never keep a credit card neat a magnet because that black strip at the bottom of the card is actually a sort of memory like in a computer chip. The magnet makes all this memory wipe to either become 1 or 0(depending on the direction). Also, if you are using a card with a swipe chip, this will also be wiped.
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If you place it inside and turn the oven on, I presume that the card will be damaged.
You put your card into the machine, the magnet recognizes the strip on the card and asks for the pin. The user enters the pin and then next paths are made.