Originally Posted by
bullfrog
In the same vein, when Australia switched to PINs last summer, from the articles I read it sounded like they just reprogrammed all the terminals on the changeover day, and didn't necessary hand out new cards to everyone. Actually it sounds like the terminals were programmed to always require PIN but ONLY for Australian cards, as the published materials indicate that cards from other countries might still require signatures. But I could be totally wrong about all of that, as I have (sadly) not yet visited Australia.
Terminals will still print signature slips from chip-and-signature cards. While I have not visited since the changeover last August, the banks were making a big deal about it when we were there in June last year. From recent reports, you practically have to bring your own pen everywhere you go there now.
