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Every CVS in the Boston area makes me use the chip now. FWIW, it may be a bank requirement, not a vendor one.
by cushychicken 11y ago
Every CVS in the Boston area makes me use the chip now.
FWIW, it may be a bank requirement, not a vendor one.
- kbart 11y agoRecently, October 2015, the liability shift has happened from banks to merchants if they do not upgrade payment systems to chip-enabled devices. Some areas, notably gas stations, are exempted from this until few years later, that might explain why other commentators complained about them. Citing [1]: "Beginning in October 2015, that liability will shift to the merchants in certain cases unless they have replaced or upgraded their card acceptance and processing systems to use chip-enabled devices and applications to process payment transactions." 1. http://www.emv-connection.com/understanding-the-2015-u-s-fraud-liability-shifts/ http://www.emv-connection.com/understanding-the-2015-u-s-fra...
- cushychicken 11y agoInformative! Thanks for sharing.