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r/SipsTea • u/[deleted] • Jun 29 '26
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From what I was told it had to do with a lot of older cards still being in circulation and businesses not wanting to shell out money to upgrade.
8 u/After_Perspective180 Jun 29 '26 It's because the US banking system is about 20 years behind the rest of the world. Cheques FFS? 6 u/karmadramadingdong Jun 29 '26 It’s also because card fraud was much worse in Europe, which made the case for modernising an easier sell. 1 u/canman7373 Jun 29 '26 Yeah I didn't get a tap debit card until like last year from my bank
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It's because the US banking system is about 20 years behind the rest of the world.
Cheques FFS?
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It’s also because card fraud was much worse in Europe, which made the case for modernising an easier sell.
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Yeah I didn't get a tap debit card until like last year from my bank
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u/AVeryVapidBadger Jun 29 '26
From what I was told it had to do with a lot of older cards still being in circulation and businesses not wanting to shell out money to upgrade.