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> Obviously debit card technology is mostly american. There's a french version since 1967 and it uses a chip since 1992 (probably the first country where cards
by tonfa 10y ago
> Obviously debit card technology is mostly american.
There's a french version since 1967 and it uses a chip since 1992 (probably the first country where cards with chips was in widespread use)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_card
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carte_Bleue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carte_Bleue
- jokoon 10y ago> In 2010, Carte Bleue was phased out and was replaced by Visa Classic debit. The system mostly relies on american systems. I don't have anything against it, it's just that originally, it's american, for the same reason PC computers technology is. Non american countries don't really have their own standard, not that it matters, but in term of how the expertise and business are owned, it does matter.
- tonfa 10y agoThe global system won (because convenience), but carte bleue worked fine for over 40 years. Many country still have their own standard (e.g. EC Card in Germany, Dankort in Denmark, etc.), but yes over time the Mastercard/Visa duopoly tends to win. And as far as I know CB was not based on american technology (and the fact that they used chip-pin so early was kinda unique), do you have source to the contrary?