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Asia/Pacific Region
6.4 PIN and Signature Requirements
The Marks may be placed on a card in combination with other
local/regional/international POS debit marks and/or local/international ATM
marks. In the event that a card has an international POS debit mark on the card
front, and the card has a Maestro payment application:
1. if any other POS debit mark appears on the card back, the Marks must
be displayed on the card back; or
2. if no other POS debit mark appears on the card back, the Marks are not
required to appear on the card back.
A card must not include any visible indication communicating that acceptance >>
or use of the Mark or the Maestro payment application is limited, geographically
or otherwise.
The fifth paragraph of Chapter 4, “Marks,” Rule 4.5 in part 1 of this rulebook
in which Customers are prohibited from placing any other Competing EFT
POS Network debit marks on their participating Cards does not apply to Cards
issued in American Samoa, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands.
6.4 PIN and Signature Requirements
6.4.3 Use of PIN or Signature
In addition to the Rules in Chapter 6, “Issuing,” Rule 6.4.3 in part 1 of this
rulebook, the following applies:
PIN entry is required for all intraregional Transactions.
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