Originally Posted by
emvchip
Requiring a customer to present ID for a card transaction is a violation of both Mastercard and Visa merchant rules.
It is of course ok to require a ID to be shown if ALL transactions require it (e.g. hotels requiring ID checks for cash customers.)
I don't object as much to showing ID, especially to ease the cashier on a riskier transaction. An example would be buying hundreds of dollars worth of gift cards at a grocery store or gas station for a category bonus. However, this is why I want chip-and-PIN. While it doesn't solve all problems, there are few cases where there would be card present fraud in such a transaction.