Originally Posted by
RohanDXB
Here in Dubai, there are some instances where the pin is required but the machine cannot be moved because battery is low or something or it's behind a counter at a takeaway place. People will simply tell the pin to the cashier.
Interesting that there's still places like that over there. I thought that Dubai was one of the countries that did chip and PIN (vs. chip and signature) so they'd have a contingency for that sort of thing.
Originally Posted by
Low Roller
It may be Square. It's popular in Canada and is apparently also available in the US and a few other countries. There is a small card reader that can be attached to an iPad and customers sign on screen with their finger.
Square actually started in the US. It's probably why a lot of smaller businesses actually take cards at all, to be honest--credit card processing agreements used to be (and can still be if not careful) a minefield.