Often activation can be done over the telephone. The new cards, with an RFID chip security measures, have additional ID requirements, if you do it in a branch office. The bank is verifying your identity and account address with those additional requirements.
After the recent money crisis in Greece, laws have changed, which include ID theft prevention measures.
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