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Re:How do McDonald's debit card payments get processed in un... by TheSmoke on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @02:40AM (#6845561)
it's not about mcdonalds, it's about the banking system. this also applies to turkey as well. every payment we make by our credit cards or debit cards are processed right in that moment. nobody waits for the night, nobody wonders if there's any more amount will be charged for anything. you see the amount, enter your pin, bank transfers money from your account to merchant's account and it's done.
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Re:How do McDonald's debit card payments get processed in un... by ceoloide on Thursday December 05, 2013 @04:33PM (#6857423)
This is completely true, the point of my question was how fast this is done at McDonald's. Almost every merchant that accepts debit card payments in Italy has very long wait times for authorization (>10 sec), while McDonald's are instantaneous (<1 sec).
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