Japan facing credit card number shortage

Re:Japan facing credit card number shortage by xxpor on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @06:15PM (#24276862)

In the US retailers don't want to lose customer tracking they can do with fixed card numbers. This is why you see nonsense like "Kroger Pay" and other store specific payment apps. The hardware exists in nearly every terminal that supports EMV (Chip and pin/signature), the retailers just haven't turned it on.

Meanwhile, with my Samsung phone and its mag strip emulation, I can use my phone nearly everywhere anyway even if the store doesn't want to support NFC.

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Re:Japan facing credit card number shortage by GoblinSlayer on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @07:21AM (#24281377)

Tracking is traditionally done with discount cards, and they are compatible with all payment methods. And there are applications that aggregate those discount cards in software: a discount card is just a short ID, nothing fancy.

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Re:Japan facing credit card number shortage by xxpor on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @11:22AM (#24283254)

That's true in grocery stores but not other retailers.

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