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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 2:16 pm
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Originally Posted by jarusoba
This is a merchant problem.

Merchants need to upgrade their POS machines.

I, being a merchant, upgraded my machines and since then, taking the Amex chip cards is the same as taking visa chip cards.
I am a merchant also, and some Amex cards with the chip work properly while some still need to be swiped.

I use Moneris as processor and my terminals are up to date.
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