In message , at 23:47:07 on Fri, 22
Nov 2013, Michael R N Dolbear remarked:
I'm not sure all banks are issuing them, and even if they do they
won't necessarily issue them to every category of customer.

People said that of Chip and Pin.

The banks still issue signature cards, eg to disabled clients who
request them.

The only time I tried they refused point blank. But then I didn't have a
reason other than "I'd like to have at least one non C&P card".

And of course there are the foreigners.

I noticed that supermarket self-checkouts allow for the possibility.

That's so they can continue to trade if the POS system is down.
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Roland Perry