<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Steve M:
If I remember correctly, all Visa/MasterCard cards issued in France have been smart cards (with embedded chips) for several years. Perhaps the pump credit card readers access the smart card, and won't accept any card without one.</font>
Yes and it's REALLY something they should get on doing here. IMHO inserting your card into the reader and entering a PIN is so much more secure than CVV2 numbers etc etc etc. No way to fake having the card in the slot!