Originally Posted by
JEFFJAGUAR
...but in theory, mc/visa can prohibit them from continuing to take their cards. Note I said in theory. The odds of that happening are, of course, either none or non existant. It's the same as Capital One telling you that you don't need a card with emv chip since all merchants are required by visa (or mc) to accept any valid card. Right. Next time a kiosk refuses to perform a transacton, I'll be sure to report them. Wonder what will happen.
I haven't seen any merchants being banned for this but I can think of two examples locally to be me where a card network has banned a merchant. Several years ago MasterCard told Aldi (Budget supermarket, although I believe you have it in the US anyway) that it couldn't just accept UK Debit MasterCard's and that it would have to take Foreign Debit MasterCards and Credit MasterCards. Aldi decided to ignore them and MasterCard stopped them being able to accept it for several years. American Express also banned a national UK DIY store because they were adding on a credit surcharge without telling the customer (It would just be added on when entering your PIN), American Express has yet to remove this ban.