Originally Posted by
maortega15
Dubai Stu - I live and work primarliy in Hong Kong but I was born in New York. I have both Hong Kong and U.S. based credit cards. Actually, one of my Amex cards is Chip and signature while my other cards have the "blink" feature where you just tap it. Some merchants offer the tap feature but others don't. I'll look into Apple Pay once more info comes out. I'll consider it. Afterall, I don't like a bulky wallet and there's a saying that cash is still king.
Overseas won't start to roll out until next year and you'll still need physical cards until it becomes ubiquitous. The forced move to chip terminals in the US might help hasten that transition and there's some conjecture that the US issuers might move from chip & sign to chip & pin next year after some patent expires. No idea if that part of it is true or not.