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Comment by oggedintocom

It's interesting reading about chip+pin and contactless payments in the US - in Australia 95%+ of transactions are chip+pin, and 70% of that (almost all transactions under $100) are contactless.

The system isn't perfect, and anecdotal stories from LEOs indicate fraud has risen due to the low friction of contactless transactions, but obviously it's not too big a problem for the banks to wear (as all fraudulent contactless transactions are the bank's problem, not the card owner's).

parent oggedintocom 10 years ago

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