[Magdalen] Disappearing money - please pray

Grace Cangialosi gracecan at gmail.com
Tue Sep 1 21:43:44 UTC 2015


Hi, Peter! I wondered if you were still somewhere on the fringes here! Good to see you! (So to speak...)

> On Sep 1, 2015, at 5:39 PM, Peter Owen <peterowen1729 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> For chip and pin (or perhaps only chip) in the USA see this article in
> today's Guardian.
> 
> http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/oliver-burkeman-column/2015/sep/01/credit-cards-chips-are-coming
> 
> Peter
> 
> On 1 September 2015 at 22:22, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Higher value transactions need to be validated with the card-holder's PIN
>> which we are well-used to for card transactions in this country.  It always
>> amazes me that Chip and PIN is not used to the same extent in the USA.  It
>> is less open to fraud than signing the credit card slip (how many staff
>> even make a cursory comparison of the signature on the slip and that on the
>> card?).
>> 
>> Roger
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Peter Owen
> mailto:peter at justus.anglican.org


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