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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Have the conditions changed then? It used to be that credit card use meant guarenteed payment for the store, which is unfortunatly why in so many countries they don't bother looking at the signature.
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The issue for retailers is that if the number of fraudulent transactions increase so do the merchant fees charged by the banks to that retailer or trading sector. It costs retailers, and in some cases dearly. The travel industry is one in particular that's suffered from rising merchant fees.