From: "Alex" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: chip & pin - could this happen?
Date: 18 Mar 2006 18:13:50 GMT

At 20:10:11 on 17/03/2006, john boyle delighted uk.finance by announcing:

> In message <1142585717.444233.6980@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> s.devonport@zeda.co.uk writes
> 
> > (because at this point the IC
> > has not had to communicate with it's issuer for PIN verification
> 
> But for C&P there is no communication with the issuer for the purpose of Pin
> verification.

That is the point.  And I'd probably amend your statement to read "But for C&P
in the UK there is currently no communication with the issuer for the purpose
of PIN verification in 'regular' merchant transactions."