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That's funny, I had similar experiences moving from the United States to Canada. When most people were paying with their debit cards at the terminal, I would ta
by canadianwatcher 4y ago
That's funny, I had similar experiences moving from the United States to Canada. When most people were paying with their debit cards at the terminal, I would tap my credit card (at the time issued from the United States) and have no signature. Like in your case, some clerks seemed surprised.
- michaelmior 4y agoThat's surprising since cards with tap became common in Canada much earlier than the US. Although mobile payments took longer to catch on.
- canadianwatcher 4y agoI'm not sure that's fair, given the technology was first used as early as 2004 in the United States. https://www.globalpaymentsintegrated.com/en-us/blog/2020/09/15/the-history-of-contactless-payments https://www.globalpaymentsintegrated.com/en-us/blog/2020/09/... I'm unable to measure how "common" it was across two giant land masses with very different populations sizes. My personal story was paying by credit card via tap and requiring no signature, with a card issued in the United States while in Canada, and having people be very surprised at its use.