Skip to content

Comment on EMV Switch This Week Could Threaten Many Businesses in U.Sparent

Comments

In Canada, EMV and NFC rolled out at around the same time -- EMV gets used for big transactions where you want PIN auth, and NFC gets used for low-risk transactions like buying a coffee.

There was definitely a learning curve for figuring out the new terminals at first (some PoSes required both swiping and using the chip), but that only lasted about a year or two.

AboutSource Built by g1lg1l

Hackerly is an independent reader for Hacker News, built on the public HN API. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.