Originally Posted by
Points Scrounger
There have been mysterious, anecdotal reports of staffed terminals outside the USA requesting a PIN from American cards, which the clerk "over-rides" to force the sale through.
I had kind of a related experience with the London Underground Oyster kiosk. Inserted my USAA EMV card which has online PIN as one of the choices, was prompted for my PIN and the transaction went through.
However, I think the transaction was treated as no CVM as I immediately got a txt from USAA asking if I had really made the purchase. This after doing all sorts of signature transactions in the UK, so they clearly knew I was in the country.