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In Russia no one swipes their cards, and swiping doesn't work if you try, but the terminals do have the swipe part and the cards do still come with magstripes.
by grishka 4y ago
In Russia no one swipes their cards, and swiping doesn't work if you try, but the terminals do have the swipe part and the cards do still come with magstripes. There's a separate magstripe reader, usually built into the cashier's monitor, at places that use magstripe cards for loyalty and gift cards.
- notpushkin 4y agoI'm wondering why they don't use the payment terminal's reader mode for this. I know it can be done – Rimi shops in Baltic states handle both magstripe and NFC loyalty cards through the terminal (just regular Ingenico ICTxxx line terminals, like many shops in Russia use).
- grishka 4y agoI suspect this has to do with the POS software Russian stores use being inflexible or bank SDKs being restrictive. Probably the latter, as I've seen some kiosks that take card payments just pop up a Windows window with the Sberbank logo and transaction status instead of showing that in their own UI.