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Re: CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling)
From: Scott Christopher <sc () ottie org>
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2018 21:24:30 +0000
Mark Tinka wrote:
I hope the U.S. does catch-up. If we were swipe-based here, we'd all be broke :-). I know a number of major merchants in the U.S. now use PIN's, and I always stick to those when I travel there.
In the U.S., pin codes are required for EFTPOS transactions (called debit) over interbank networks like Pulse, STAR, etc Swipe-and-sign (and now just swipe for small amounts) is for Visa, Mastercard, Discover transactions (called credit) Skimming and card fraud is actually uncommon in the U.S. these days, and the police are very effective at combating it. It's just cheaper for the industry to eat fraud losses than to "upgrade" systems. The transition to chip-based cards was a debacle. -- S.C.
Current thread:
- Re: CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling) Mark Tinka (Nov 08)
- Re: CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling) George Michaelson (Nov 08)
- Re: CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling) Mark Tinka (Nov 08)
- Re: CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling) Scott Christopher (Nov 08)
- Re: CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling) Chris Adams (Nov 08)
- Re: CVV Alain Hebert (Nov 09)
- Re: CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling) Stephen Satchell (Nov 09)
- Re: CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling) Chris Adams (Nov 09)
- Re: CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling) Mark Tinka (Nov 08)
- Re: CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling) George Michaelson (Nov 08)
- RE: CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling) Frank Bulk (Nov 08)
- Re: CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling) Todd Underwood (Nov 08)
- Re: CVV Simon Leinen (Nov 08)
- Re: CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling) Mark Tinka (Nov 08)
- Re: CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling) Mark Tinka (Nov 09)