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Just wait till you get 'contactless' https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contactless_payment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contactless_payment
by spdegabrielle 11y ago
Just wait till you get 'contactless' https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contactless_payment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contactless_payment
- Gnewt 11y agoThe US actually had a lot of contactless cards for a while, before EMV, but it seems like that's been phased out (outside of the use of NFC via Apple Pay / Android Pay.
- the_mitsuhiko 11y agoThe US had NFC which just sent the magstripe which is different from EMV NFC.
- jwcooper 11y agoMy card now has pay wave (contactless), chip (and pin when required), and magnetic stripe. It's a crapshoot which one will work at any given store. I do prefer the chip over swiping due to having to replace cards so often when the stripe wears out. Contactless is listed at a lot of places, but it doesn't work consistently for some reason. Makes it hard to trust using it when the store is busy.
- URSpider94 11y agoIt was very popular for a while. Some banks were even issuing little mini-cards that were just big enough to contain the NFC chip. As of this month, all of my contactless cards have been replaced by EMV cards without NFC. Now I only have it on my phone and smart watch.