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Re:$12M stolen from 1,400 convenience store ATMs across Japa... by colechristensen on Sunday May 22, 2016 @01:38PM (#11749463)
In the US there is a ~1.5-5% fee for each credit card transaction. In the EU it's capped at 0.3%

Losses due to fraud are much easier to eat in the US because of the 10x larger fee.

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