Canadians filling at the pump in USA
It appears that it is not well known how a Canadian Credit Card can be used at a gas pump in the USA without a zip code. All you have to do is insert the card and when it asks for the zip code just...
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n7bsn wrote:rwbradley wrote:
As soon as they go chip and pin like we have, that should solve all our issues when down south...
Don't hold your breath
The banks don't want to go chip & pin as they get paid a smaller cut then on chip and sign or mag-stripe and sign.
The banks are the ones CHARGING the fees not being charged. And Banks DO want the new chip cards as they are more secure. It is the Merchants who don't want to spend the money to upgrade terminals that is the real hold up. Think about being a Chevron or any other large Corp with thousands of PoS's to buy new...
Second; not all systems require a zip code when using a credit card. But your Credit Card company should be able to tell you what to input to handle this.
