Originally Posted by
Points Scrounger
My point is that unless the place has CMV waiver, offline pin requires a signature for small transactions, whereas online pin would be ... well ... PIN!
If both PIN CVMs are supported by the terminal and the card's a MasterCard, PIN should be getting asked for if either one is at the top of the CVM list regardless of the transaction amount. Merchants are allowed to suppress the prompt for small amounts if it's a card from one of the other three brands. Signature would only be asked for if online PIN isn't supported but offline PIN is (and the latter is ranked lower than signature or is not on there at all).