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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 1:00 pm
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jarusoba
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Originally Posted by kebosabi
Main reason why I don’t apply for AMEX cards. It’s not worth paying such a ridiculous annual fee when it still relies on fifty year old magnetic stripe technology. If I’m paying $400+ in annual fees, I expect it to have EMV and the ExpressPay chip built into the card as well.
If the card had ExpressPay or Paypass in it, I would ask the issuer to disable it or I would break the chip with a hammer.

No matter how secure it is advertised to be, I don't trust them. I definitely don't want an RFID chip in my credit card.
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