I'm curious.
There's been news this week of a very big credit card fraud operation where
card readers have been tampered with to get credit card details when people
enter their pin. The cards are then cloned and used over the internet or in
countries where chip and pin isn't used.
The article also said that the USA doesn't use chip and pin, and that
visitors to Europe have been unable to use their credit cards in
face-to-face transactions because they don't have a PIN (Personal
Identification Number) to enter on the card reader and most organisations no
longer accept swipe and sign credit card purchases. It said the only
alternatives visitors from the USA have is to stock up on travellers cheques
or have sufficient funds in a cheque account to be able to use a debit card,
which does have an accompanying PIN code. I thought this was now a worldwide
system, but it appears I'm wrong.
Has this been a problem? I'm particularly thinking of those from the USA who
attended OIDFA.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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