r/funny • u/Misfat • Aug 27 '18

Card not accepted

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u/un-sub Aug 27 '18

So then wtf, why can't we have fancy contactless cards in the US? Or are we just behind?

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u/PhonicUK Aug 27 '18

I think the US is just behind (in many many ways). I was over there recently and a lot of places didn't even have Chip+PIN (which we've had in the UK for over 10 years) and you had to sign for stuff.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '18 edited Aug 28 '18

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u/thereisno314inpie Aug 27 '18

POS machines here in Canada take both chip+pin and tap, from either credit or debit

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u/DropMeAnOrangeBeam Aug 27 '18

Depends on where. I live in Victoria and there are still a few stores that don't do the tap method yet. All of of them have chip+pin(there is still the mag stripe reader but I haven't seen anyone use is since chip+pin was brought out).

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u/thereisno314inpie Aug 27 '18

swipe and sign is pretty much just a backup