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12-12-2017, 09:37 AM
American Express finally ditches the need for signatures with its credit card
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Like MasterCard (http://mashable.com/2017/10/20/credit-card-mastercard-signatures/) and Discover (http://mashable.com/2017/12/06/discover-credit-debit-card-signature/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) before it, American Express is eliminating signatures for all credit card purchases.
The company announced Monday that merchants won't need customers to sign for anything starting in April 2018. This affects all shoppers everywhere around the world where American Express is accepted.*
SEE ALSO: Discover won't force you to sign for purchases anymore (http://mashable.com/2017/12/06/discover-credit-debit-card-signature/)
The payment process has outgrown signatures as a security measure — American Express credited contactless pay options, chip technology, and way more online shopping as big reasons to ditch the signatures. Plus, American Express and other card companies have many other methods to detect fraud. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/11/american-express-signatures-credit-card/)
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Like MasterCard (http://mashable.com/2017/10/20/credit-card-mastercard-signatures/) and Discover (http://mashable.com/2017/12/06/discover-credit-debit-card-signature/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) before it, American Express is eliminating signatures for all credit card purchases.
The company announced Monday that merchants won't need customers to sign for anything starting in April 2018. This affects all shoppers everywhere around the world where American Express is accepted.*
SEE ALSO: Discover won't force you to sign for purchases anymore (http://mashable.com/2017/12/06/discover-credit-debit-card-signature/)
The payment process has outgrown signatures as a security measure — American Express credited contactless pay options, chip technology, and way more online shopping as big reasons to ditch the signatures. Plus, American Express and other card companies have many other methods to detect fraud. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/11/american-express-signatures-credit-card/)
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