As for signatures on credit purchases, over here some stores require it, some don't. Gas stations don't when you pay using the pump's card reader but require it if you perform the identical transaction with a station attendant. Of two outlets of a major store chain i frequent, one requires it at the automated checkout and its sibling eight miles away doesn't. This seems at odds with increasing card fraud statistics (and accompanying media paranoia), but the public is unwilling to let reducing the risk of identity theft and the ruination of their credit history get in the way of checking out eight seconds faster.
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As for signatures on credit purchases, over here some stores require it, some don't. Gas stations don't when you pay using the pump's card reader but require it if you perform the identical transaction with a station attendant. Of two outlets of a major store chain i frequent, one requires it at the automated checkout and its sibling eight miles away doesn't. This seems at odds with increasing card fraud statistics (and accompanying media paranoia), but the public is unwilling to let reducing the risk of identity theft and the ruination of their credit history get in the way of checking out eight seconds faster.
Your nationality and banking reporting laws may vary.