Eli5: how does platforms like Steam or Amazon know if you’re using a correct visa card or not if you didn’t buy anything with it?

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When you enter your card details to add it to your account and you write 1 number wrong, it instantly tells you that the card is wrong. How do they know?

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How the system I work on “knows” is it talks to the banks. They all share data with one another and credit score checking companies. Other companies can then use services to simply attach to the network and get a “yes/no” or more information.

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