Re: CC usage in Germany (Europe) [WAS: Were you at SHARE in Seattle? Watch your credit card statements!]

2015-11-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:20:22 -0500, Tony Harminc wrote: > >And airlines are advertising "cash-free cabins", meaning that they no >longer have to make change, carry a float, and deal with multiple >currencies. > Are the terminals exchange-rate savvy? Does the customer get a choice of currencies?

Re: CC usage in Germany (Europe) [WAS: Were you at SHARE in Seattle? Watch your credit card statements!]

2015-11-24 Thread Tony Harminc
On 24 November 2015 at 06:04, R.S. wrote: > We also have embossed cards but we don't use imprinters at all, for years. > AFAIR the last time my card was imprinted was Radisson Wilshire in LA or > some other hotel in Chicago. It was after 11 Sept 2001. The last

Re: CC usage in Germany (Europe) [WAS: Were you at SHARE in Seattle? Watch your credit card statements!]

2015-11-24 Thread Charles Mills
Some Metro ticket machines in metropolitan Paris! Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Smith III, Phil (HP Data Security (Voltage)) Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 2:33 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: CC usage in Germany (Europe) [WAS: Were you at SHARE in Seattle? Watch your credit card statements!]

2015-11-24 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2015-11-23 o 23:33, Smith III, Phil (HP Data Security (Voltage)) pisze: 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

Re: CC usage in Germany (Europe) [WAS: Were you at SHARE in Seattle? Watch your credit card statements!]

2015-11-23 Thread Smith III, Phil (HP Data Security (Voltage))
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

Re: CC usage in Germany (Europe) [WAS: Were you at SHARE in Seattle? Watch your credit card statements!]

2015-11-23 Thread Ted MacNEIL
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

Re: CC usage in Germany (Europe) [WAS: Were you at SHARE in Seattle? Watch your credit card statements!]

2015-11-23 Thread Steve Thompson
Radoslaw: What do you not understand? The villages and towns that I went to do not take credit cards with chips or without. They want Euros. The banks in the small towns expect you to use a card with a pin. They do not care if it is from USA or Japan. They can't do a manual transaction

Re: CC usage in Germany (Europe) [WAS: Were you at SHARE in Seattle? Watch your credit card statements!]

2015-11-23 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2015-11-22 o 17:02, Steve Thompson pisze: On 11/22/2015 07:52 AM, Vince Coen wrote: UK Chip & pin only requires a pin code to be entered at time of transaction. C & P (chip and pin) has been in use in the UK (and Europe) for some years. For Americans who do not travel to Germany

Re: CC usage in Germany (Europe) [WAS: Were you at SHARE in Seattle? Watch your credit card statements!]

2015-11-22 Thread Steve Thompson
On 11/22/2015 07:52 AM, Vince Coen wrote: UK Chip & pin only requires a pin code to be entered at time of transaction. C & P (chip and pin) has been in use in the UK (and Europe) for some years. For Americans who do not travel to Germany (or Europe much): I hadn't been in Germany for