Eye on true chip-and-PIN cards

I’m a Senior Moderator on Flyertalk.com, the website for frequent flyers. The site has, possibly, 80 Moderators and four Senior Moderators.

I read the collection of letters under the heading “True Chip-and-PIN Cards Issued in the US” (March ’14, pg. 40) and wanted to point out a spreadsheet in Google Docs that is kept and continually updated by Flyertalk members. 

For anyone seeking a true chip-and-PIN card, this is the most comprehensive data sheet I’ve seen. Listing numerous financial institutions and the charge cards and debit cards they offer, it indicates whether each card is a chip-and-PIN card or chip-and-signature card, plus annual costs, availability, requirements for joining (in the case of credit unions), etc.

The spreadsheet is available for free downloading and can be accessed at http://bit.ly/O6MEAQ.

For the Wikipost thread dealing with this topic (an exhaustive explanation), visit this page.

JOSÉ KIRCHNER

Roseville, CA