Your billing zip code, or credit card postal code, is the five-digit number on the bottom right, which in this sample is 90210. This would be the zip code associated with your billing address. It ...

And some credit cards, like American Express, prompt retailers to ask for a ZIP code as a form of fraud protection.

Reporting from San Francisco — In a case watched closely by merchants, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously that California retailers may no longer collect ZIP Codes from credit card ...

Massachusetts Court Rules Zip Codes Can't be Required at Check Out Consumers in Massachusetts no longer have to give their zip code information when making a transaction with a credit card.

It takes the consumer 15 hours to sort out the mess. Foley said that requiring a ZIP code can thwart simple cases of stolen credit cards when an entire wallet wasn’t stolen.

Between those two lists of ZIP codes, there are 10 ZIP codes in Rescator’s card data that do not correspond to actual Home Depot stores.