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This provides deposit insurance for credit unions in much the same way as the FDIC provides insurance for banks. Look for the NCUA logo at your credit union's teller stations. The standard maximum limit is $250,000 per individual account holder, per federally insured credit union. (To check on whether your credit union accounts are fully covered, use NCUSIF's coverage estimator at http://webapps.ncua.gov/ins.)
The maximum length of a credit card number is 19 digits, with the maximum length of the account number field being 12 digits (initial six-digit issuer identifier minus the final digit check number). Each issuer has 1 trillion possible account numbers.