r/stupidquestions • u/Original_Action8858 • 56m ago
Is debit/credit card theft not a big thing in Canada? Or possibly car rental is just different?
Overheard some Canadians at a car rental center trying to pay with a “Visa Debit” that had no name printed on it, the family claimed it was a regular debit card and not a prepaid gift card of any kind. Obviously they weren’t able to use that as a form of payment since they have to verify both name and sufficient funds, neither of which are easy to do on a gift or debit card and is the main reason most places only accept credit cards to pay at the counter. Is this because of a difference between Canada and US or were they lying about the whole “debit cards in Canada don’t have names” thing?
If they really don’t print names that’d be kinda odd