I'm not sure if this is true or indeed universal since my pin number is a reflection.
i.e. wxxw. Thus the ATMs here cannot identify whether it is forwards or backwards.
And no it's not a number I chose but the one issued to me by the bank.
Another thing, I have noticed several times that American customers leave their signature strip on their credit card blank and support their identity with photo ID. This is not a clever thing to do if abroad since if you lose your card the thief can simply write their version of your signature on the strip and not have to worry about getting it right. If you are going to do this then write "photo ID required" on the signature strip to alert the recipient that the signature needs support. It may be different in the USA but here with the increase in PIN supported cards signatures are limited.
And one more thing why do people speak of pin # or PIN number? PIN stands for Personal Identification Number so you are effectively saying personal identification number number!
End of rant.
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