US Travelers Find Their Card Cards Sometimes Don't Work Overseas
In an article titled "For Americans, Plastic Buys Less Abroad", Michelle Higgins writes for the New York Times about how US-issued magnetic stripe credit cards lack a chip that is increasingly required at unattended POS locations in countries overseas. Higgins writes that "as more countries around the world move to chip-and-PIN cards, it’s inevitable that Americans will encounter more difficulties paying for things abroad."
