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Old Dec 2, 2012, 11:17 am
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reclusive46
 
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Originally Posted by jmr50
I received my new EMV-enabled Platinum, but noticed the magnetic stripe no longer is a hologram with AmEx logos on it, but just a simple silver stripe. I thought the holographic Amex stripe was a security feature?
Newer cards don't have it. It had a habit of being scratched up and damaged easily.
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