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cbayer

(146,218 posts)
1. Apparently that is true pretty much everywhere except the US.
Mon Mar 24, 2014, 10:52 AM
Mar 2014

Here in Mexico, the cards have a chip. They are much harder to pirate. People with US cards experience high rates of piracy of their accounts. Those with Mexican cards, very little.

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,219 posts)
3. When I was in Scandinavia, I found out, at the suggestion of a train ticket seller in Copenhagen,
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 12:00 AM
Mar 2014

that my Capital One card worked as a credit card with the ATM withdrawal PIN.

I was afraid it would count as a cash advance (which is a mess when it comes to paying off your balance), but it registered as just an ordinary credit card transaction.

mainer

(12,186 posts)
4. That's why I use my American Express abroad
Fri Mar 28, 2014, 03:08 PM
Mar 2014

It has a chip. Unfortunately, not every merchant accepts AmEx.

raccoon

(31,462 posts)
5. It is hard to get a credit card with a chip in the Empire. I have 3, have asked all of them about
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 07:50 AM
Apr 2014

issuing me a credit card with a chip--and they all say they can't do it!

Here I thought we were #1......

Anyway, some have told me you can still use the magnetic strip CC in Europe most places. I will
be in Paris, not in some place off the beaten path, so I figure that must be right.

If any of you have experience to the contrary, please speak now!



cbayer

(146,218 posts)
7. It is true. The US is so far behind and some merchants in europe don't even
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 01:41 PM
Feb 2015

want to take cards from US banks.

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