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Absolutely not true. Some places still don’t even take tap to pay and still use chip.
by dkasper 2y ago
Absolutely not true. Some places still don’t even take tap to pay and still use chip.
- abakker 2y agoYes - for example, Home Depot does not take tap payments yet.
- tonyarkles 2y agoThis is something I find so fascinating about the American financial system... Home Depot in Canada has taken tap payments and Apple Pay for a long time now.
- crazygringo 2y agoYeah Home Depot is a bizarre exception, AFAIK they signed a contract with PayPal at some point long ago that prevents them from accepting tap-to-pay. Their checkouts have all the hardware for tap-to-pay, but contractually they can't turn it on. Hopefully that contract ends soon, because wow did they shoot themselves in the foot on that one.
- welder 2y agoHome Depot only exists in the USA. I was talking about EU where tap is everywhere.
- fortran77 2y agoThey're in Canada and Mexico too.
- t0mas88 2y agoIs that in the US? Europe hasn't used the magnetic strip on cards for years. It's all chip based and those payment terminals all take NFC / Apple Pay. It would be suicide for a shop not to take it, I know many people that don't carry their bank card at all. Only their phone for Apple pay.