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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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What is the black strip on the back of a credit card called?

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