Discover won't force you to sign for purchases anymore

Forget signing your name on credit and debit card purchases with Discover.

Starting in April, the credit card company won't require a signature after buying something in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Caribbean.

Chip technology — along with biometrics and multi-factor authentication — has made signing a receipt a redundant security measureMasterCard announced it was ditching signatures back in October. 

Discover said the change may require some merchants to change their Discover point-of-sales systems since pens and electronic signature screens won't be necessary. Read more...