Chip Cards Make Safe Payments Safer

 

IMPORTANT REMINDER!

Your magnetic stripe MemberCard is set to expire on November 30, 2010. This is the card that was replaced with a new chip card. Please ensure you are using your new chip card so that no payment inconveniences occur when your old MemberCard expires.

Chip cards contain the latest in chip technology, offering a whole new level of security and peace of mind - a card that makes safe payments safer.

 

What is a chip card?

 

Chip cards contain an embedded microchip which is virtually impossible to replicate. This provides significant protection against card counterfeiting and fraud. Your card works together with chip-enabled terminals, a Personal Identification Number (PIN) and a range of security features to create a multi-layered defense against fraud.

 

Even though these new chip cards incorporate sophisticated new technology, they are easy to use. At your local ATM, you won't notice any difference. You'll see a change when you go to make a MEMBER CARD purchase. That's when your card will remain in the terminal during the entire transaction.

 

Keep in mind that it will take time for all stores and restaurants to be set up with chip-enabled terminals. To help with this transition, your new card will also have a magnetic stripe to make sure it continues to work in older terminals.

 

What's next?

 

Our Member chip Card conversion is now complete! Please ensure your chip card is working properly and if you wish to re-pin your card you may do so at our Canora, Preeceville and Wadena locations at the ATM or inside the branch.

 

Your old magnetic strip MemberCards will expire by November 30, 2010.

 

Watch for a conversion to chip Global Payment cards in early 2011.

 

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