diff --git a/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/models/card-view-baseitem.model.spec.ts b/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/models/card-view-baseitem.model.spec.ts
index 169ee18175..0546730b3c 100644
--- a/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/models/card-view-baseitem.model.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/models/card-view-baseitem.model.spec.ts
@@ -119,5 +119,63 @@ describe('CardViewBaseItemModel', () => {
             expect(isValid).toBe(false);
             expect(itemModel.getValidationErrors('test-against-this')).toEqual([validator1, validator3 ]);
         });
+
+        it('should validate field with special character and return false when there is REGEX constraint and requiresMatch is false', () => {
+            const constrainedProperties: CardViewItemProperties = {
+                ...properties,
+                value: 'test.',
+                constraints: [{
+                    id: 'constraint-id',
+                    type: 'REGEX',
+                    parameters: { expression: '(.*[\\"\\*\\\\\\>\\<\\?\\/\\:\\|]+.*)|(.*[\\.]?.*[\\.]+$)|(.*[ ]+$)', requiresMatch: false }
+                }]
+            };
+
+            const itemModel = new CarViewCustomItemModel(constrainedProperties);
+            expect(itemModel.isValid(itemModel.value)).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('should validate field without special character and return true when there is REGEX constraint and requiresMatch is false', () => {
+            const constrainedProperties: CardViewItemProperties = {
+                ...properties,
+                constraints: [{
+                    id: 'constraint-id',
+                    type: 'REGEX',
+                    parameters: { expression: '(.*[\\"\\*\\\\\\>\\<\\?\\/\\:\\|]+.*)|(.*[\\.]?.*[\\.]+$)|(.*[ ]+$)', requiresMatch: false }
+                }]
+            };
+
+            const itemModel = new CarViewCustomItemModel(constrainedProperties);
+            expect(itemModel.isValid(itemModel.value)).toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        it('should validate field without special character and return false when there is REGEX constraint and requiresMatch is true', () => {
+            const constrainedProperties: CardViewItemProperties = {
+                ...properties,
+                constraints: [{
+                    id: 'constraint-id',
+                    type: 'REGEX',
+                    parameters: { expression: '(.*[\\"\\*\\\\\\>\\<\\?\\/\\:\\|]+.*)|(.*[\\.]?.*[\\.]+$)|(.*[ ]+$)', requiresMatch: true }
+                }]
+            };
+
+            const itemModel = new CarViewCustomItemModel(constrainedProperties);
+            expect(itemModel.isValid(itemModel.value)).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('should validate field without special character and return true when there is REGEX constraint and requiresMatch is true', () => {
+            const constrainedProperties: CardViewItemProperties = {
+                ...properties,
+                value: 'test.',
+                constraints: [{
+                    id: 'constraint-id',
+                    type: 'REGEX',
+                    parameters: { expression: '(.*[\\"\\*\\\\\\>\\<\\?\\/\\:\\|]+.*)|(.*[\\.]?.*[\\.]+$)|(.*[ ]+$)', requiresMatch: true }
+                }]
+            };
+
+            const itemModel = new CarViewCustomItemModel(constrainedProperties);
+            expect(itemModel.isValid(itemModel.value)).toBe(true);
+        });
     });
 });
diff --git a/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/models/card-view-textitem.model.spec.ts b/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/models/card-view-textitem.model.spec.ts
index 477627fa41..ad21bf9f63 100644
--- a/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/models/card-view-textitem.model.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/models/card-view-textitem.model.spec.ts
@@ -86,16 +86,15 @@ describe('CardViewTextItemModel', () => {
         });
     });
 
-    it('should validate based on defined constraints', () => {
-        const constrainedProperties = {
+    it('should validate based on defined constraints and require a match to be valid', () => {
+        const constrainedProperties: CardViewTextItemProperties = {
             label: 'Tribe',
             value: 'test',
             key: 'tribe',
-            dataType: 'd:text',
             constraints: [{
                 id: 'constraint-id',
                 type: 'REGEX',
-                parameters: { expression: '^(?=.*test).*' }
+                parameters: { expression: '^(?=.*test).*', requiresMatch: true }
             }]
         };
 
@@ -105,4 +104,23 @@ describe('CardViewTextItemModel', () => {
         itemModel.value = 'dummy';
         expect(itemModel.isValid(itemModel.value)).toBe(false, '`dummy` is not a constraint expression pattern');
     });
+
+    it('should validate based on defined constraints and not require a match to be valid', () => {
+        const constrainedProperties: CardViewTextItemProperties = {
+            label: 'Tribe',
+            value: 'test',
+            key: 'tribe',
+            constraints: [{
+                id: 'constraint-id',
+                type: 'REGEX',
+                parameters: { expression: '^(?=.*test).*', requiresMatch: false }
+            }]
+        };
+
+        const itemModel = new CardViewTextItemModel(constrainedProperties);
+        expect(itemModel.isValid(itemModel.value)).toBe(false);
+
+        itemModel.value = 'dummy';
+        expect(itemModel.isValid(itemModel.value)).toBe(true);
+    });
 });
diff --git a/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/validators/card-view-item-match.valiator.ts b/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/validators/card-view-item-match.valiator.ts
index 79d4f0f573..44ff86bbd7 100644
--- a/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/validators/card-view-item-match.valiator.ts
+++ b/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/validators/card-view-item-match.valiator.ts
@@ -20,15 +20,17 @@ import { CardViewItemValidator } from '../interfaces/card-view.interfaces';
 export interface MatchValidatorParams {
     expression: string;
     flags?: string;
+    requiresMatch?: boolean;
 }
 
 export class CardViewItemMatchValidator implements CardViewItemValidator {
     message = 'CORE.CARDVIEW.VALIDATORS.MATCH_VALIDATION_ERROR';
 
-    constructor(private expression: string, private flags?: string) {}
+    constructor(private expression: string, private flags?: string, private requiresMatch?: boolean) {
+    }
 
     isValid(value: string): boolean {
         const regex = new RegExp(this.expression, this.flags);
-        return value === '' || regex.test(value);
+        return value === '' || this.requiresMatch ? regex.test(value) : !regex.test(value);
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/validators/validators.map.ts b/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/validators/validators.map.ts
index de9674e6b2..6dcfdb0e6e 100644
--- a/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/validators/validators.map.ts
+++ b/lib/core/src/lib/card-view/validators/validators.map.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { CardViewItemLengthValidator, LengthValidatorParams } from './card-view-
 
 const validators = {
     minmax: (parameters: MinMaxValidatorParams) => new CardViewItemMinMaxValidator(parameters.minValue, parameters.maxValue),
-    regex: (parameters: MatchValidatorParams) => new CardViewItemMatchValidator(parameters.expression),
+    regex: (parameters: MatchValidatorParams) => new CardViewItemMatchValidator(parameters.expression, parameters.flags, parameters.requiresMatch),
     length: (parameters: LengthValidatorParams) => new CardViewItemLengthValidator(parameters.minLength, parameters.maxLength)
 };
 export default validators;