If I take my chip and pin mastercard to USA and Canada, will I be able
to use a signature everywhere ?
I ask because I don't know my mastercard PIN and may not have time to
obtain it before I travel, but I need to use a credit card over there.
I only use the card for internet purchases in UK, and don't need to
know the PIN for that.
Thanks,
Simon.
<> wrote in message
news:
> If I take my chip and pin mastercard to USA and Canada, will I be able
> to use a signature everywhere ?
> I ask because I don't know my mastercard PIN and may not have time to
> obtain it before I travel, but I need to use a credit card over there.
> I only use the card for internet purchases in UK, and don't need to
> know the PIN for that.
> Thanks,
> Simon.
>
The only thing that will want a PIN in the US/canada is an ATM if you want
to get cash out. They dont use C&P there, its a Euro standard only.
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:50:11 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
<> wrote:
>
<snip>
[C&P] its a Euro standard only.
Not my experience. I was asked for my PIN at a retail shop in
Malaysia. The shop used a chip-reader & keypad style terminal at the
desk.
(I cannot use a PIN so I had to decline it, which created a lot of
delay. On my return I told the card issuer and they sent me a C&sig
card.)
______________
best wishes,
Ron
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>
> <> wrote in message
> news:
> > If I take my chip and pin mastercard to USA and Canada, will I be
> > able to use a signature everywhere ?
> > I ask because I don't know my mastercard PIN and may not have time
> > to obtain it before I travel, but I need to use a credit card over
> > there. I only use the card for internet purchases in UK, and don't
> > need to know the PIN for that.
> > Thanks,
> > Simon.
> >
> The only thing that will want a PIN in the US/canada is an ATM if you
> want to get cash out. They dont use C&P there, its a Euro standard
> only.
<panto>
Oh no it isn't!
</panto>
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> At 17:50:11 on 21/07/2006, Tumbleweed delighted uk.finance by
> announcing:
>
>>
>> <> wrote in message
>> news:
>> > If I take my chip and pin mastercard to USA and Canada, will I be
>> > able to use a signature everywhere ?
>> > I ask because I don't know my mastercard PIN and may not have time
>> > to obtain it before I travel, but I need to use a credit card over
>> > there. I only use the card for internet purchases in UK, and don't
>> > need to know the PIN for that.
>> > Thanks,
>> > Simon.
>> >
>> The only thing that will want a PIN in the US/canada is an ATM if you
>> want to get cash out. They dont use C&P there, its a Euro standard
>> only.
>
> <panto>
> Oh no it isn't!
> </panto>
I stand corrected :-)
....but for the OP, the key point is, unless you want to take money out at an
ATM, no one will ask you to enter a PIN.
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At 20:06:35 on 21/07/2006, Tumbleweed delighted uk.finance by
announcing:
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> "Alex" <> wrote in message
> news:
> > At 17:50:11 on 21/07/2006, Tumbleweed delighted uk.finance by
> > announcing:
> >
> > >
> >><> wrote in message
> > > news:
> >>> If I take my chip and pin mastercard to USA and Canada, will I be
> >>> able to use a signature everywhere ?
> >>> I ask because I don't know my mastercard PIN and may not have time
> >>> to obtain it before I travel, but I need to use a credit card over
> >>> there. I only use the card for internet purchases in UK, and
> don't >>> need to know the PIN for that.
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Simon.
> > > >
> > > The only thing that will want a PIN in the US/canada is an ATM if
> > > you want to get cash out. They dont use C&P there, its a Euro
> > > standard only.
> >
> > <panto>
> > Oh no it isn't!
> > </panto>
>
> I stand corrected :-)
>
> ...but for the OP, the key point is, unless you want to take money
> out at an ATM, no one will ask you to enter a PIN.
Not in North America for the time being, certainly. Central and South
America are moving or have moved to EMV, along with a lot of the rest
of the world. The Australian police have just been followed by the
House of Representatives in recommending implementation.
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>>
>> "Alex" <> wrote in message
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>> > At 17:50:11 on 21/07/2006, Tumbleweed delighted uk.finance by
>> > announcing:
>> >
>> > >
>> >><> wrote in message
>> > > news:
>> >>> If I take my chip and pin mastercard to USA and Canada, will I be
>> >>> able to use a signature everywhere ?
>> >>> I ask because I don't know my mastercard PIN and may not have time
>> >>> to obtain it before I travel, but I need to use a credit card over
>> >>> there. I only use the card for internet purchases in UK, and
>> don't >>> need to know the PIN for that.
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>> Simon.
>> > > >
>> > > The only thing that will want a PIN in the US/canada is an ATM if
>> > > you want to get cash out. They dont use C&P there, its a Euro
>> > > standard only.
>> >
>> > <panto>
>> > Oh no it isn't!
>> > </panto>
>>
>> I stand corrected :-)
>>
>> ...but for the OP, the key point is, unless you want to take money
>> out at an ATM, no one will ask you to enter a PIN.
>
> Not in North America for the time being, certainly. Central and South
> America are moving or have moved to EMV, along with a lot of the rest
> of the world. The Australian police have just been followed by the
> House of Representatives in recommending implementation.
For values of 'time being'= a bloody long time.
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announcing:
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> "Alex" <> wrote in message
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> > At 20:06:35 on 21/07/2006, Tumbleweed delighted uk.finance by
> > announcing:
> >
> > >
> >>"Alex" <> wrote in message
> > > news:
> >>> At 17:50:11 on 21/07/2006, Tumbleweed delighted uk.finance by
> >>> announcing:
> > > >
> >>> >
> >>>><> wrote in message
> >>> > news:
> >>>>> If I take my chip and pin mastercard to USA and Canada, will I
> be >>>>> able to use a signature everywhere ?
> >>>>> I ask because I don't know my mastercard PIN and may not have
> time >>>>> to obtain it before I travel, but I need to use a credit
> card over >>>>> there. I only use the card for internet purchases in
> UK, and >>don't >>> need to know the PIN for that.
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Simon.
> >>> > >
> >>> > The only thing that will want a PIN in the US/canada is an ATM
> if >>> > you want to get cash out. They dont use C&P there, its a Euro
> >>> > standard only.
> > > >
> >>> <panto>
> >>> Oh no it isn't!
> >>> </panto>
> > >
> > > I stand corrected :-)
> > >
> > > ...but for the OP, the key point is, unless you want to take money
> > > out at an ATM, no one will ask you to enter a PIN.
> >
> > Not in North America for the time being, certainly. Central and
> > South America are moving or have moved to EMV, along with a lot of
> > the rest of the world. The Australian police have just been
> > followed by the House of Representatives in recommending
> > implementation.
>
> For values of 'time being'= a bloody long time.
Quite possibly. It's amazing how backward the US banking industry
actually is.
Alex wrote:
>> For values of 'time being'= a bloody long time.
>
> Quite possibly. It's amazing how backward the US banking industry
> actually is.
Is it? They had real-time checks of cards and amounts to be debited a
decade before the UK.
What is their card fraud figure like compared to the UK?
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> "Alex" <> wrote in message
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> > announcing:
> >
> >>
> >> <> wrote in message
> >> news:
> >> > If I take my chip and pin mastercard to USA and Canada, will I be
> >> > able to use a signature everywhere ?
> >> > I ask because I don't know my mastercard PIN and may not have time
> >> > to obtain it before I travel, but I need to use a credit card over
> >> > there. I only use the card for internet purchases in UK, and don't
> >> > need to know the PIN for that.
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Simon.
> >> >
> >> The only thing that will want a PIN in the US/canada is an ATM if you
> >> want to get cash out. They dont use C&P there, its a Euro standard
> >> only.
> >
> > <panto>
> > Oh no it isn't!
> > </panto>
>
> I stand corrected :-)
>
> ...but for the OP, the key point is, unless you want to take money out at
an
> ATM, no one will ask you to enter a PIN.
>
But at some US gas (petrol) stations they will ask you to input your zip
(postal) code !!
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> "Tumbleweed" <> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Alex" <> wrote in message
> > news:
> > > At 17:50:11 on 21/07/2006, Tumbleweed delighted uk.finance by
> > > announcing:
> > >
> > > >
> > >> <> wrote in message
> > >> news:
> > >> > If I take my chip and pin mastercard to USA and Canada, will I
> > be >> > able to use a signature everywhere ?
> > >> > I ask because I don't know my mastercard PIN and may not have
> > time >> > to obtain it before I travel, but I need to use a credit
> > card over >> > there. I only use the card for internet purchases
> > in UK, and don't >> > need to know the PIN for that.
> > >> > Thanks,
> > >> > Simon.
> > >> >
> > >> The only thing that will want a PIN in the US/canada is an ATM
> > if you >> want to get cash out. They dont use C&P there, its a Euro
> > standard >> only.
> > >
> > > <panto>
> > > Oh no it isn't!
> > > </panto>
> >
> > I stand corrected :-)
> >
> > ...but for the OP, the key point is, unless you want to take money
> > out at
> an
> > ATM, no one will ask you to enter a PIN.
> >
>
> But at some US gas (petrol) stations they will ask you to input your
> zip (postal) code !!
At the pay-at-pump ones, yep. I found that 00000 sometimes works.
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>>
>> "Tumbleweed" <> wrote in message
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>> >
>> > "Alex" <> wrote in message
>> > news:
>> > > At 17:50:11 on 21/07/2006, Tumbleweed delighted uk.finance by
>> > > announcing:
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > >> <> wrote in message
>> > >> news:
>> > >> > If I take my chip and pin mastercard to USA and Canada, will I
>> > be >> > able to use a signature everywhere ?
>> > >> > I ask because I don't know my mastercard PIN and may not have
>> > time >> > to obtain it before I travel, but I need to use a credit
>> > card over >> > there. I only use the card for internet purchases
>> > in UK, and don't >> > need to know the PIN for that.
>> > >> > Thanks,
>> > >> > Simon.
>> > >> >
>> > >> The only thing that will want a PIN in the US/canada is an ATM
>> > if you >> want to get cash out. They dont use C&P there, its a Euro
>> > standard >> only.
>> > >
>> > > <panto>
>> > > Oh no it isn't!
>> > > </panto>
>> >
>> > I stand corrected :-)
>> >
>> > ...but for the OP, the key point is, unless you want to take money
>> > out at
>> an
>> > ATM, no one will ask you to enter a PIN.
>> >
>>
>> But at some US gas (petrol) stations they will ask you to input your
>> zip (postal) code !!
>
> At the pay-at-pump ones, yep. I found that 00000 sometimes works.
I wonder if thats just for market research purposes? Best Buy amongst others
always used to ask that.
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> > >
> >>"Tumbleweed" <> wrote in message
> > > news:
> > > >
> >>> "Alex" <> wrote in message
> >>> news:
> >>> > At 17:50:11 on 21/07/2006, Tumbleweed delighted uk.finance by
> >>> > announcing:
> >>> >
> >>> > >
> >>> >> <> wrote in message
> >>> >> news:
> >>> >> > If I take my chip and pin mastercard to USA and Canada, will
> I >>> be >> > able to use a signature everywhere ?
> >>> >> > I ask because I don't know my mastercard PIN and may not have
> >>> time >> > to obtain it before I travel, but I need to use a credit
> >>> card over >> > there. I only use the card for internet purchases
> >>> in UK, and don't >> > need to know the PIN for that.
> >>> >> > Thanks,
> >>> >> > Simon.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> The only thing that will want a PIN in the US/canada is an ATM
> >>> if you >> want to get cash out. They dont use C&P there, its a
> Euro >>> standard >> only.
> >>> >
> >>> > <panto>
> >>> > Oh no it isn't!
> >>> > </panto>
> > > >
> >>> I stand corrected :-)
> > > >
> >>> ...but for the OP, the key point is, unless you want to take money
> >>> out at
> > > an
> >>> ATM, no one will ask you to enter a PIN.
> > > >
> > >
> > > But at some US gas (petrol) stations they will ask you to input
> > > your zip (postal) code !!
> >
> > At the pay-at-pump ones, yep. I found that 00000 sometimes works.
>
> I wonder if thats just for market research purposes? Best Buy amongst
> others always used to ask that.
I would imagine it's a security measure and that '00000' would not work
for a credit card issued by a US bank.
>>> But at some US gas (petrol) stations they will ask you to input your
>>> zip (postal) code !!
>>
>> At the pay-at-pump ones, yep. I found that 00000 sometimes works.
>
> I wonder if thats just for market research purposes? Best Buy amongst
> others always used to ask that.
Probably is.
If 00000 does not work, 20500 ( The White House) would be an easy one to
remember.