Aye, in South Texas at least, I've noticed that newer terminal systems seem to process things just as fast as card swipes, if not more so. But older systems tha

Aye, in South Texas at least, I've noticed that newer terminal systems seem to process things just as fast as card swipes, if not more so. But older systems that have obviously been retrofitted with the technology are hit and miss. I often feel like it's the user interface slowing things down more than the transaction itself though, I can't recall any recent instances of delays waiting on the authorization to happen that were longer than a few seconds.