On: Credit Card Signatures Are About to Become Extinct in the U.S

[yalooze]

All stores still accept signature payments. Although not everywhere accepts AMEX due to the higher merchant fees.

[kd5bjo → yalooze]

Make sure the back of your card is signed, though, and make sure to sign your receipt the same way. I had more store clerks questioning my signature on a 1 week trip to London than in a decade of using a CC in the US.

[Symbiote → yalooze]

Not necessarily — you might have trouble buying a laptop or phone without a PIN, for example.

(It may be possible, but require the manager's discretion or authorization.)