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Re:Why Germans pay cash for almost everything by ryanlol on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:13PM (#14962030)
Note for the European readers:

You can call your bank, get your card switched over to Freedom™ mode and enjoy faster payments.

Might not want to do this with a debit however.

Re:Why Germans pay cash for almost everything by hocuspocus on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:48PM (#14962510)
I have a credit card from Luxembourg that is somehow set up to ask for signature, even though it can do PIN just fine, and I really don't recommend this setting in Europe, it's a massive pain in the ass since most merchants aren't equipped to deal with that. You end up having to sign the merchant's receipt with a pen like you're back in 1970, it takes a lot more time than entering your PIN (or better yet, contactless without PIN these days).

(And I did complain to their customer service, but they won't change the setting).

Re:Why Germans pay cash for almost everything by ryanlol on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @05:43PM (#14963106)
Depends on the country, in many EU countries I find chip+sign payments to be way faster than chip+PIN. Every now and then you run into a cashier that gets confused by chip+sign, but not often enough to justify switching back to chip+PIN in my experience.