New 'Chip and PIN' May Cause Confusion Overseas
James Gilden writes for the Travel section of the Los Angeles Times about how American travelers might experience some difficulty using their mag stripe based credit cards in countries that have recently migrated to "chip and PIN" card technology - like the UK. "If a merchant doesn't want to take a magnetic-strip card, the traveler needs to be persistent," says Brian Triplett, senior vice president of emerging product development for Visa USA said. "Request the merchant to look into it," Triplett said. "Don't take that first 'no' for an answer."
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