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Re:EU fines Mastercard more than half a billion euros by bryondowd on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @12:50PM (#18970396)
Most of the places here in the US seem to have gone to chip only for small payments, with a signature on amounts over some limit, dependant on merchant. Wish we'd catch up and use pins.
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Re:EU fines Mastercard more than half a billion euros by bluejekyll on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:53PM (#18971126)
As I understand it, the major card companies all required vendors to upgrade their payment systems to use chip. If they didn't (by some date I think last year) then they moved the liability from themselves in regards to credit-card fraud to the vendor.
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Re:EU fines Mastercard more than half a billion euros by colejohnson66 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @05:59PM (#18973528)
Isn’t there an exception for gas stations?
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Re:EU fines Mastercard more than half a billion euros by kyriakos on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @03:54PM (#18972355)
I can't remember how long it's been since I signed for a cc transaction. Aren't PINs used in the US?
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Re:EU fines Mastercard more than half a billion euros by rfinney on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @04:23PM (#18972614)
Generally not for credit cards. It is used for debit cards. It's a problem buying gas (petrol) at unattended stations in Europe for Americans using credit cards. We don't know our PIN for credit cards.
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