FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - USA EMV cards: Availability, Q&A (Chip & PIN -or- Chip & Signature) [2012-2015]
Old Nov 29, 2015, 1:06 pm
  #14927  
reclusive46
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Canada
Programs: BA Gold (OWE), Star Alliance Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,194
Originally Posted by Points Scrounger
Something that puzzles me about this are the places that force signature for cards without an offline PIN, yet go online to authorize the transaction itself?
Online PIN requires all sorts of encryption keys, which for a merchant in the UK, for example, is a waste of time and money given 99% of cards they'll see use offline PIN.
reclusive46 is offline