Originally Posted by
serpens
Please pardon my ignorance. I have not been out of the US since I got my first chipped credit card.
Are you saying that if I use a card with a chip, I need to enter a PIN to make a purchase? I ask because I never get cash from a credit card, and I don't even know the PINs for any of my credit cards. In at least one case, I decline to request a PIN. If I understood that correctly, then I'll set about learning and setting PINs.
No, what I meant was as Canadian cards are all chip and PIN, that the payment infrastructure is designed with this is mind so there is high user level interaction with the payment terminal. Almost all US cards are still chip and signature and will cause the terminals in Canada to print a signature slip.