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by krevis 5447 days ago
Some banks have. In the mid-90s, Bank of America used to take a photo, and put it on their debit and credit cards -- in fact, my (much newer) cards still have that same photo on them.

No idea if they still do that. I don't get the impression that it was a huge boost for security. Nobody pays all that much attention to the photo.

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Bank of America does this for newly issued accounts and cards (both debit and credit), too, unless you specifically request a photo-less card.
I remember having one of those cards (with a photo on it.) I always found it amusing when I was asked for photo id upon using it.