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Re:Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone by dathinab on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @01:15PM (#30262152)
> is still possible

Wait what?

I think in many parts of the world that isn't possible anymore for a long long time. Like all of EU.

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Re:Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone by mercutio2 on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @02:18PM (#30263140)
Europe had dramatically more credit card fraud than the US, so Europe mandated EMV decades before the US.

It will be many years before US merchants truly phase out accepting magnetic strips.

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