Originally Posted by
rgAAFT
I hate to duplicate a post but somebody up the thread posted a link to the Barclay card travel community in which a manager details the technical aspects of being able to change emv offline chip pin any time anywhere
http://www.barclaycardtravel.com/t5/...737134#U737134
I thought it was really interesting and I don't understand why
other US issuers don't do something similar and stop using "pin change" difficulty as an excuse not to go chip and pin. I read a while back that this is how pin changes are handled in the UK as well
The word other is not correct. Barclay's, despite being able to change the pin online, is not a true chip and pin card. Like all the other USA emv compatible cards being issued its primary cvm for purchases is chip and signature with, as they say, chip and pin capabilities. They're no better than the rest.