Poll shows few in US have received credit cards with chips

Oct. 1 deadline nears

This Wednesday, June 10, 2015 photo shows a chip credit card in Philadelphia. Even as an October 1 deadline approaches to switch Americans over to credit cards embedded with chips, the vast majority still does not have the new cards and only some are using them as intended, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. - photo by Associated Press

W AP Poll Creidt Cards Heal — This Wednesday, June 10, 2015 photo shows a chip credit card in Philadelphia. Even as an October 1 deadline approaches to switch Americans over to credit cards embedded with chips, the vast majority still does not have the new cards and only some are using them as intended, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. - photo by Associated Press

Even as an Oct. 1 deadline approaches to replace Americans' out-of-date credit cards with new cards embedded with computer chips, the vast majority of Americans still have not received their new cards and only a small minority are using the chips at all, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. The poll finds that roughly one in 10 Americans have received the new chip-enabled credit cards. Of those who have received the cards, only one-third say they've actually used the cards as intended in new specialized credit card readers.