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Originally posted by OzMan
Rand do you have a rough idea of what percentage of offline VISA merchants are VISA electron enabled? If there is no electron sign we can't use EP there correct?
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OzMan,
If I understand your question correctly, there is no difference of acceptability of Visa or Visa Electron IF the merchant is using an electroinc verification process (which almost all merchants do now). So, an electronic card swipe machine where you enter your PIN is all that is required,
You'll notice that the Visa Electron card does not have
raised numbers, That is to help prevent anyone from using an imprint slip (like in the old days with the carbon slips) to get an imprint of the card and to instead force an electronic approval. That is the only difference in terms of acceptability.
Electron cards are not that well known in the U.S. but very popular in almost every other Visa region.