Gregory Korte

USA TODAY

WASHINGTON -- Even President Obama is worried about identity theft.

His credit card company certainly is.

Obama said his credit card was "rejected" at a New York restaurant last month as he was visiting the United Nations.

"It turned out I guess I don't use it enough -- so they thought there was some fraud going on. Fortunately, Michelle had hers," Obama said Friday at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. "I was trying to explain to the waitress, 'No really, I think that I've, uh, been paying my bills.' So even I'm affected by this."

Obama recounted the story as he signed an executive order on identity theft. The order mandates chip-and-pin technology on federal government credit and debit cards, provides new help for victims of identity theft and works with businesses to encourage more identity theft prevention measures.

Later, Press Secretary Josh Earnest said he didn't know the current status of the president's personal credit card and joked that "it's unclear whether he left a tip at the bottom of the executive order."

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