{"id":29629,"date":"2017-05-19T16:43:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T08:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=29629"},"modified":"2017-05-19T16:43:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T08:43:35","slug":"pin-based-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/pin-based-cards","title":{"rendered":"Shift To PIN-based Cards Almost Complete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All credit cards issued locally have been replaced with those requiring personal identification numbers (PIN), said Bank Negara Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>The central bank said 96.1% of debt cards have been replaced while 99.8% of point-of-sale terminals have been upgraded ahead of the July 1 deadline when signature authorisations would no longer be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>No extension would be granted, it added.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysians are advised to contact their issuing banks if they have not replaced their cards with nearly 40 days left.<\/p>\n<p>The migration from signature to PIN is a part of a worldwide shift that has been implemented in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The Middle East is also making a similar move.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that the PIN verification would be more effective in preventing unauthorised use when a card is stolen or lost.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themalaymailonline.com\/malaysia\/article\/shift-to-pin-based-cards-near-complete-ahead-of-july-1-deadline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">[Source]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still signing off on your credit card purchases?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":19714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,227,241,216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cards","category-credit-card","category-debit-card","category-news-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin 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