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Debit card competition: signature versus pin

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  • Victor Lubasi

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This article explores costs and benefits of two types of debit card authorization methods?signature and PIN (personal identification number)?for merchants, consumers, and financial institutions. It also considers competition between signature- and PIN-based debit cards in the United States and looks at Canada's predominant usage of PIN-based debit cards.

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  • Victor Lubasi, 2005. "Debit card competition: signature versus pin," Chicago Fed Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, issue Dec.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedhle:y:2005:i:dec:n:221
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    1. Sujit Chakravorti & Victor Lubasi, 2006. "Payment instrument choice: the case of prepaid cards," Economic Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, vol. 30(Q II), pages 29-43.
    2. Fumiko Hayashi & Richard J. Sullivan & Stuart E. Weiner, 2006. "A guide to the ATM and debit card industry - 2006 update," Monograph, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, number 2006agttaadci2, March.

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    Debit cards; Payment systems;

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