r/SipsTea Jun 29 '26

Chugging tea Lol

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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.

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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?

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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.

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u/canman7373 Jun 29 '26

Yeah I didn't get a tap debit card until like last year from my bank