IP: card expired 4/00 Woops!! from edupage

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

YEAR 2000 PROBLEM HITS CREDIT CARD ISSUERS
Here's a new wrinkle on the Year 2000 problem -- credit card companies have
discovered that the cards with a 2000 expiration date are being rejected by
thousands of point-of-sale terminals located across the country.  First USA
has already recalled all cards with the troublesome date and MasterCard
International is asking member banks not to issue cards with an expiration
date later than 1999.  Hypercom Inc. and Verifone Inc., the largest
manufacturers of debit terminals, have launched a program to help retailers
upgrade their terminals, but a Verifone consultant says many companies may
find it easier to just buy new machines.  (St. Petersburg Times 7 Apr 97)