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Old Nov 7, 2017 | 10:59 pm
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kayanco
 
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Originally Posted by AONwheels
Just a note that I had success in using this card in an NS (Netherlands train/metro) kiosk at Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam). The kiosk didn't recognize my chip and PIN credit card as valid - and that PenFed card the normally works fine in Europe. So I tried my updated Fidelity Cash Management Debit Card with chip, and it worked like a champ!

Originally Posted by AONwheels
This card was accepted by an SNCF train ticket machine!!!

This is a big deal as these French ticket machines are notorious for not accepting US issued VISA chip credit cards - even those with embedded PINs.
Do we have an explanation for this? Chip-pin CC not working, but debit card working, how come?

2. Does this mean the debit card had offline pin?
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