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Chip and Pin in the late 80s in Germany? It is true that paying in stores with my German ATM card and its PIN was nothing new when I got my first bank account
by limmeau 16y ago
Chip and Pin in the late 80s in Germany?
It is true that paying in stores with my German ATM card and its PIN was nothing new when I got my first bank account in the mid-90s. However, that system used the magnetic stripe of the card (which is why skimming is still so attractive here); smart-card chips on bank cards were introduced a lot more recently.
- ErrantX 16y agoI only have my parents recollections about this (we lived in Germany in the late 80's, but I was 0 & so can't recall ;)) - possibly it was swipe & pin, I'd have to ask. But when the Chip 'n Pin system came in here in the UK my Dad's first comment was "oh, they were using that in Germany in '87/88"