Pin length

[TonyHoyle]

It seems that in the UK that banks have universally limited you to a 4 digit pin (6 digit in other countries)… and some don’t even let you change it…

AFAIK the standards allow up to 12 (ISO 9564 if my google fu is working today).

Obviously this won’t work with the prepay card but once you have your own banking systems, could you consider allowing us to set longer ones? With the caveat that if it doesn’t work on a particular device it’s our problem (big warning in the app or something).

[anon44204028]

This has been discussed before. FYI in some countries it is 5 rather than 4 or 6

[alexs (Alex Sherwood)]

Here’s the topic that Richard’s referring to -

6 Digit PIN

Hello Mondonians I went to change my Mondo PIN at a legacy bank ATM yesterday, and for my new PIN I entered 6 digits instead of the usual 4 (I have been using a 6 digit PIN on my iPhone for a while now). The first surprise was that the new 6 digit PIN was accepted without comment by the ATM - it confirmed that my PIN had been successfully changed. I received the usual Mondo notification confirming that a PIN change transaction had occurred. Knowing that other countries use 6 digit PINs as sta…

[anon51548245]

As mentioned by @anon44204028 has been discussed in this topic:
6 Digit PIN

[anon44204028]

thanks guys (currently on my mobile so not as easy to insert links as when on my tablet)