PIN (debit card)

PIN

Product type	Debit card
Owner	BeaNet (1990–1994) Interpay (1994–2005) Currence (2005–2012)
Country	Netherlands
Introduced	1988 (as BeaNet) 1990 (as PIN)
Discontinued	2012
Related brands	Maestro V Pay

PIN was a debit card brand in the Netherlands from 1990 until 2012, owned by Currence.^[1] PIN was a magnetic stripe card, which never migrated to the EMV chip. It was therefore discontinued in 2012, after the switch-over from magnetic stripe authentication to EMV chip authentication in the Netherlands was completed. PIN was replaced by Maestro and V Pay debit cards, but as most PIN cards were already co-branded with Maestro long before 2012, consumers noticed little of the change.^[1]

Like in many neighbouring countries, the PIN debit card often doubled as a cheque guarantee card for Eurocheque until those cheques were abolished on 1 January 2002. In contrast to its neighbouring countries (e.g. Belgium's Bancontact [fr; nl] and Germany's Girocard), the Netherlands has not operated a national debit card network since 2012.