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[vernal grail]

i.e. can our frontend listen for an event which would tell our frontend that the user has entered a specific type of card

While they're still entering the details

[vast kestrel]

Depends on which Element you're using. Card Element exposes that info via an change event: https://stripe.com/docs/js/element/events/on_change?type=cardElement#element_on_change-event

The Payment Element does not, so you need to approach it differently

[vernal grail]

Is there a way to know the card type in the payment element? While they're still typing in the info?

[vast kestrel]

Not via an event no. You'd need to use the createPaymentMethod function to tokenise the card details input, then you can check the details on the Payment Method object as needed

[vernal grail]

So we can't know till the payment method has actually been created

?

[vast kestrel]

Correct