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Home > MasterCard credit cards > Guides and tools > Smart Card
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Smart Card
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Advantage
Benefit from increased security thanks to the addition of a PIN on your credit card:
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- Enjoy even more secure transactions, since information contained in MasterCard credit cards embedded with a microchip is virtually impossible to duplicate.
- Prevent fraudulent use by using a PIN instead of your signature, where technology allows.
- Decrease transaction time by using a PIN instead of your signature.
- Use your MasterCard around the world since the new technology is compatible with foreign payment systems.
Use it at ABMs
To make an ABM transaction with the chip-embedded MasterCard credit card, you must insert your card and enter your PIN, as you do it now.
You can change the chip-embedded MasterCard credit card’s PIN at any time at a National Bank ABM.
Use it at merchants
Follow these steps for transactions at a smart-card terminal:
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1. Insert the smart card into the terminal rather than swiping it.
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2. Follow the instructions on screen and enter your PIN. The card remains in the terminal until transaction is completed.
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3. Once the transaction is approved, remove your card.
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At merchants not yet equipped with smart-card technology, swipe the magnetic stripe as usual. By 2015, smart cards will be accepted everywhere and all equipment across Canada will be modified.
Important note:
Since spring 2009, the majority of the National Bank MasterCard credit cards issued to our new customers are smart cards. As for our actual credit card owners, they will receive a smart credit card when their current card will expire.
For more information concerning the increased security of your Client-Card, consult Client-Card (debit). |
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