Forget signing your name on credit and debit card purchases with Discover.
Starting in April, the credit card company won’t require a signature after buying something in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Caribbean.
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Chip technology — along with biometrics and multi-factor authentication — has made signing a receipt a redundant security measureMasterCard announced it was ditching signatures back in October.
Discover said the change may require some merchants to change their Discover point-of-sales systems since pens and electronic signature screens won’t be necessary. Read more…
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