> However, there are a great many smaller businesses in the United States that still rely on being able to swipe the customer’s card.
Who are these businesses? Seriously, stop issuing cards without chips and send new card readers to theses businesses. End of story.
Is it because US businesses use deeply embedded card readers in custom POS machines that aren't modular?
Everywhere I go in South America and Europe, businesses have portable readers. The card companies just sent them new readers and they were accepting chips overnight. Same when NFC was introduced.
The US payment and banking systems are truly maddening.
Who are these businesses? Seriously, stop issuing cards without chips and send new card readers to theses businesses. End of story.
Is it because US businesses use deeply embedded card readers in custom POS machines that aren't modular?
Everywhere I go in South America and Europe, businesses have portable readers. The card companies just sent them new readers and they were accepting chips overnight. Same when NFC was introduced.
The US payment and banking systems are truly maddening.