American Express Now Shows Card Number In Online Login (YMMV)

American Express added a feature whereby one can see their full card number, expiration, and security code from within the online login. Go to Account Services > Card Management  > View Card Number.

Not everyone has this feature, it’s only showing for some.

Hat tip to Sam from cardright.com

View Comments (14)

  • Would this be visible if you just signed up for a card and for whatever reason didn't get a virtual card issued?

    • No for me. My card was approved over the phone, so i tried this to get the card number sooner. No luck

  • Not a fan, do not see a point to it other than another loophole to get my card's number stolen. I hope they will not do this at least for biz cards.

    • I'm a huge fan. I have this option on some of my other non Amex credit cards and it has saved me many times when I needed the card number. For US Bank, it requires an additional 2FA before displaying the number.

  • Love it. Had plenty of things I wanted to buy online with my Amex but couldn't because it wasn’t on my person.

    • Use a password manager like 1Password to store those secrets. Don’t rely on a bank to make it available to you

      • You have a lot more problems to worry about if you can't trust the issuing bank itself that issues you your card number to store those same numbers...

        • Not really. Your login and/or certain parts of your data can be compromised without revealing other more sensitive data. There will always be leaks and breaches, you stick to best practices to minimize your vulnerability

        • I’m not saying banks can’t be trusted with your card numbers. I’m saying it’s inconvenient to log in and fetch the numbers through a bank website, when it’s better to write it down once into a password manager and retrieve it much more reliably when you need it.