Does anyone know of a US Bank that issues "Chip and Pin" credit cards? I know that Capital and WellsFargo are running an itroduction to about 15000 Top customers, but nothing for the average man. Any info?
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New Paltz, NY
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Redmond, WA
295 posts
I tried to get one before leaving this summer. I tried 9 banks, including HSBC. None offered a chip card (yet). B of A rep even said "Why would you want to use that old technology? They're really behind us."
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Gulfport, FL
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Neither my husband nor I have a "chipped" card but we had no problems in The Netherlands, England or Ireland. We asked them to swipe the cards and they did with no problems.
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Portland, Maine
2916 posts
Not actually a bank, but ... https://www.us.travelex.com/US/Products/Cash-Passport/
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Beverly Hills, MI
798 posts
I fell for the Chase offer and when the card arrived it was a chip and signature, not a chip and pin and when I went back and checked the Chase web page it had been changed and said chip and signature whereas it had previously implied that it was chip and pin. I will be taking the card just out of curiosity. Although our magnetic stripe cards were generally accepted in the Netherlands there were a few places where there would have been trouble. At the Schiphol airport, train tickets into Amsterdam are only available at an unmanned kiosk that only has a credit card slot with a numeric keypad. Fortunately for the first time in our lives we were on a tour and only had to wait for our bus.