Chip 'n' Pin
As most of you will know by now they are changing our bank cards to Chip 'n' Pin. Will it really be a safer way to shop? It works by you putting your card into the machine chip face down and you entering your PIN (Personnal Identification Number) supposed to be safer than using signature. This way people can't forge your signature therfore reducing card crime!
Now we have this installed in our shop and by Jan/Feb all shops will be using it and shops wont be able to accept a signature so what will happen if you forget your number as i know many people these days have more than one card and it can get confusing especially for the elderly.
I haven't come across one person who remembers the PIN for their visa or Mastercard as you don't use it to get cash out of the machine it's to expensive.
So here's my question: How do you think this will work, have you used chip n pin yet? Is it a good idea or not and why?
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