FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - USA EMV cards: Availability, Q&A (Chip & PIN -or- Chip & Signature) [2012-2015]

Jun 11, 2015, 3:35 pm

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All I can think of would be that the rare U K "disabled" cards have only signature, no PIN at all in their CVM. The waiter's POS was programmed to ask for a PIN if that option appeared anywhere on the card's list, detecting your (underlying) one.