Roll Call Alaska 2015
I know its early but we have been planning for the past 3 months. I know its another 15 months at least till we leave but we are just going crazy... So here is our very rough plan overview. Leave mid...
Forum Discussion
CA Traveler wrote:
The US is way behind the use of chipped cards which are more secure. 2 of my 4 credit cards have recently been replaced with chipped cards which contain an imbedded chip.
I've seen no change in the card use and was wondering what was learned?stickdog wrote:
We have not been turned down for swipe cards and have learned how the chipped card is used.
The big difference between the U.S. and Canada for chip card use is the process. There was huge push back in the U.S. on using PIN numbers to process the chipped credit cards. They maintained the signature requirement which really defeats the purpose of even having a chip.
In Canada you cannot process a chip read card without using a PIN to complete the process. Our credit card fraud through cloning etc... has been dropping like a rock.
... Eric
