Per your agreement with your card issuer (the credit card company), you are generally required to sign the card to make it valid.
This doesn't mean that you can't sign it with some completely incomprehensible scrawl that has no resemblence whatsoever to your actual name or signature.
They are NOT allowed to ask for additional ID, like a driver's license. That's a violation of their agreements with VISA/ MC etc. If they balk on this, it's your choice whether you want to stand your ground and fight it.
One of the many things that I like about my AmEx Blue Cash Preferred is that there is no space on the back for a signature. So there's no way to sign for it, and therefore nothing for the lender to complain about. They just turn it back and forth, looking baffled, while I patiently wait. 
@haulingthescoreup wrote:Per your agreement with your card issuer (the credit card company), you are generally required to sign the card to make it valid.
This doesn't mean that you can't sign it with some completely incomprehensible scrawl that has no resemblence whatsoever to your actual name or signature.
They are NOT allowed to ask for additional ID, like a driver's license. That's a violation of their agreements with VISA/ MC etc. If they balk on this, it's your choice whether you want to stand your ground and fight it.
One of the many things that I like about my AmEx Blue Cash Preferred is that there is no space on the back for a signature. So there's no way to sign for it, and therefore nothing for the lender to complain about. They just turn it back and forth, looking baffled, while I patiently wait.
so my company is not allowed to ask for ID for them to buy something? we have notices that say we are allowed too and why is one not allowed to ask for ID...if i were to get asked for ID when buying something i would be happy becasue it makes me feel like they are looking out for their customers and make sure they arent stolen..in fact something like this happened to me while working.. i had a customoer buy milk and bread and a drink...he then said wait a min i need and grabbed a visa Gift card and asked to me to put $500 on it..he was paying with a credit card...i thought the whole thing was odd so i asked for ID...he said it was in his car and he said he was going to go get it but never came back... so wouldnt you like that kind of protection if your card went missing?
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@haulingthescoreup wrote:Per your agreement with your card issuer (the credit card company), you are generally required to sign the card to make it valid.
This doesn't mean that you can't sign it with some completely incomprehensible scrawl that has no resemblence whatsoever to your actual name or signature.
They are NOT allowed to ask for additional ID, like a driver's license. That's a violation of their agreements with VISA/ MC etc. If they balk on this, it's your choice whether you want to stand your ground and fight it.
One of the many things that I like about my AmEx Blue Cash Preferred is that there is no space on the back for a signature. So there's no way to sign for it, and therefore nothing for the lender to complain about. They just turn it back and forth, looking baffled, while I patiently wait.
so my company is not allowed to ask for ID for them to buy something? we have notices that say we are allowed too and why is one not allowed to ask for ID...if i were to get asked for ID when buying something i would be happy becasue it makes me feel like they are looking out for their customers and make sure they arent stolen..in fact something like this happened to me while working.. i had a customoer buy milk and bread and a drink...he then said wait a min i need and grabbed a visa Gift card and asked to me to put $500 on it..he was paying with a credit card...i thought the whole thing was odd so i asked for ID...he said it was in his car and he said he was going to go get it but never came back... so wouldnt you like that kind of protection if your card went missing?
I know for a fact that you can ask with Amex cards but the customer can refuse and the merchant must process the transaction. They are also not allowed to record anything from the ID. I used to accept cards and Amex had a different contract than the others. Not sure but I would assume the others are the same way. Amex has a site where you can report merchants for things like not processing a sale based on id.