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Card Issuer

nounid 1760·updated May 9, 2026
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A financial institution that issues general-purpose credit cards carrying one of the two bankcard company logos. The issuing financial institution establishes the credit relationship with the consumer.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Organization85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Pci90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Card Issuers
possessive
Card Issuer's
pluralpossessive
Card Issuers'

Framework definitions

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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A financial institution that issues general-purpose credit cards carrying one of the two bankcard company logos. The issuing financial institution establishes the credit relationship with the consumer.

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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