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Old Jun 6, 2011 | 4:22 pm
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Originally Posted by ArizonaGuy
Has anyone been able to acquire one of these credit cards from the US banks mentioned in this thread? I happen to work for one - though completely removed from the retail side of things, buried in wholesale IT - but so far through a handful of phone calls no one has a clue about the program's existence, let alone know whether a regular consumer can get one yet.
Chase says it's only available for their top-end Palladium cardholders for now. As for Wells Fargo, it's only available for a small test group of 15,000 customers before they go full live. Both of them are supposed to start from this month or so it'll probably take a while before usage reports start trickling in. If you happen to work for the State of North Carolina or have a commercial account with SBV though, I think you can start signing up already.

Of course, I'd be more than willing to be a beta tester for any US bank to test out their EMV lineup. Are you listening Citibank and BofA?
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