CB

Upper Cumulative Offline Transaction Amount

Upper Cumulative Offline Transaction Amount is the hard ceiling on the same cumulative-offline-spending measure its sibling, the Lower Cumulative Offline Transaction Amount (CA, covered alongside it here), watches more gently: once the card's accumulated offline spending, tracked via the Counters field (C6, covered earlier) and measured against the Offline Balance (9F50, covered earlier), reaches this threshold, M/Chip's own risk logic is expected to force the next transaction online regardless of that specific transaction's individual amount. It completes the same amount-based graduated-response pattern CA begins, mirroring the structural role the core Upper Consecutive Offline Limit (9F23, covered earlier) plays for transaction frequency rather than cumulative amount - two independent dimensions an issuer bounds separately because either one alone can miss a real risk pattern the other catches. Its source citation, like the rest of this cluster, carries a verificar vigencia flag, preserved as the export states it. See Mastercard M/Chip 4 Card Application Specification.

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Binary (4): 00005000

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Example value: 00005000

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Properties

TagCB
NameUpper Cumulative Offline Transaction Amount
FormatBinary
Lengthvariable
SourceCard (ICC)
Templates
BooksMastercard M/Chip 4 Card Application Spec

Frequently asked questions

What is EMV tag CB?
Upper Cumulative Offline Transaction Amount is the hard ceiling on the same cumulative-offline-spending measure its sibling, the Lower Cumulative Offline Transaction Amount (CA, covered alongside it here), watches more gently: once the card's accumulated offline spending, tracked via the Counters field (C6, covered earlier) and measured against the Offline Balance (9F50, covered earlier), reaches this threshold, M/Chip's own risk logic is expected to force the next transaction online regardless of that specific transaction's individual amount. It completes the same amount-based graduated-response pattern CA begins, mirroring the structural role the core Upper Consecutive Offline Limit (9F23, covered earlier) plays for transaction frequency rather than cumulative amount - two independent dimensions an issuer bounds separately because either one alone can miss a real risk pattern the other catches. Its source citation, like the rest of this cluster, carries a verificar vigencia flag, preserved as the export states it. See Mastercard M/Chip 4 Card Application Specification.
What format and length does EMV tag CB use?
Tag CB uses the Binary format and is normally variable long.
Is tag CB provided by the card or the terminal?
Tag CB (Upper Cumulative Offline Transaction Amount) is provided by the Card (ICC).

Sources

  • MChip4 V1.1 Card Application Specifications for Debit and Credit (Oct06), p. 591

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