Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard

Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by jessriedel on Friday June 17, 2016 @03:03PM (#11924839)

I lived in the US then moved to Ontario. I find that about 70% of card readers here have "NO TAP" taped across the top. Since the insert chip, enter code, wait, and approve process actually takes longer than the swipe-and-sign in the US, I've found the time spent, averaged over my actually purchases, to be about the same. It probably has more potential to improve in the future.

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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by kalleboo on Friday June 17, 2016 @09:34PM (#11926573)

Back in Sweden, Chip-and-PIN was so efficient - you can insert your card, enter your pin, and get an authorization all meanwhile the cashier is ringing up your goods. Then when the total is done, you just hit "OK" on the final amount and in seconds you're done.

In pretty much every other country I've visited, you have to do the whole process serially after the total is done, which is quite slow.

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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by jessriedel on Sunday June 19, 2016 @05:37PM (#11934810)

Yea, frustrating that in Canada you can't enter your pin or anything until everything is rung up.

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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by jordigh on Friday June 17, 2016 @05:17PM (#11925613)

I tap everywhere in Mtl. It's rare for me to find terminals where I can't tap.

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