Mastercard and Discover customers will not have to sign their John Hancock when making purchases beginning in 2018. The companies believe technology has advanced to where customers will remain safe enough to use even without the implementation of a signature at checkout. Among these security techniques are dual-authentication, biometrics, and the chip that is present on all newly issued cards. In addition to these measures being taken, some argue this decision should have occurred awhile ago either because of negligence by cashiers not comparing signatures as they are supposed to do and/or how prevalent online shopping has become and that it does not require a signature. The elimination of this process will speed up the check out process and make customers more happy in doing so.
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No more signing on the dotted line. (2017, October 19). Retrieved December 10, 2017, from https://newsroom.mastercard.com/2017/10/19/no-more-signing-on-the-dotted-line/