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Re:PIN number analysis by alanctgardner2 on Sunday January 27, 2013 @09:15AM (#5124322)
You can do up to 6 in Canada. Nobody ever told me, but when I was signing up at RBC I accidentally typed 5 and it worked. Now I know why they don't deterministically say 'OK, he's done' after you hit four digits.
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Re:PIN number analysis by 3pt14159 on Sunday January 27, 2013 @12:13PM (#5124811)
Watch out! I also live in Canada, and a close friend of mine while travelling was frozen out of his accounts because there were no banks that could handle 6 digit pins there.

For that reason I recommend having a 4 digit pin.

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Re:PIN number analysis by dbaupp on Sunday January 27, 2013 @01:38PM (#5125094)
Where's "there"? (Presumably not Canada?)
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Re:PIN number analysis by derpmaster on Sunday January 27, 2013 @04:17PM (#5125700)
I couldn't use a 6 digit pin in Italy. Some ATMs in London,UK didn't like it either.

Singapore it's mandatory for a 6 digit pin so have no idea if a 4 digit pin will work, anybody been there?

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