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0 pointssjtgraham12y ago0 comments

> Maybe in the EU.

*the remainder of the world.

> The US is dragging its feet on the whole PIN/CHIP migration.

Merchants are dragging their feet. The liability shift deadline is instituted by the card schemes themselves.

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toomuchtodo12y ago

Okay, but I'm in the US and the US has ~300 million people (vs 500 million spread throughout the EU).

What happens in the EU doesn't always effect the US, and vice versa.

walshemj12y ago

You mean the USA has non standard tech/standards and companies have to produce two SKU's one for export one for home - you fail production engineering 101.

The fiasco over not implementing GSM like the rest of the developed world did is a good example - less NIH might help.

jes519912y ago

It's not the entire world - for example, Square was able to bring their magstripe-only technology to Japan without much interference.

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