Our cards are still embossed here in Canada. - -teD - Original Message From: Smith III, Phil (HP Data Security (Voltage)) Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 17:52 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Subject: Re: CC usage in Germany (Europe) [WAS: Were you at SHARE in Seattle? Watch your credit card statements!]
R.S. wrote: >I don't understand. Is it a problem with your card/bank or rather small shops >in the Forest do not have card terminal? I suspect this is limitation of your card. I saw such cards. >BTW: US is last country where my card were imprinted (embossed), it is >probably also last place on Earth where signature is needed instead of PIN. > (obviously my experience is limited, I haven't visited all the countries on > Earth) I believe the point here was that if you do NOT have a Chip&PIN card, you may find yourself in a situation where you cannot perform a needed transaction because the terminals don’t have magstripe readers. This is well-documented: unattended gas pumps, ticket kiosks, etc. Less common in cities, more common outside them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
