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From what I've read, the fancy credit card terminal that was deployed nationwide is actually not compatible with European-style chip-and-pin, which will be the
by throwaway_xx9 11y ago
From what I've read, the fancy credit card terminal that was deployed nationwide is actually not compatible with European-style chip-and-pin, which will be the next version of credit card standard. So billions were spend for nothing.
- terinjokes 11y agoThe hardware is compatible, but the software isn't. From what I understand, the card enumerates what applets it has installed and the POS picks the first one it knows how to interact with.
- techdragon 11y agoThe mess of bad hardware, software and UX really makes the acronym POS so appropriate ;-)