Originally Posted by
BigFlyer
In all of the Chip & PIN countries AFAIK they bring the reader to you in a restaurant - no other practical way to do it.
To those of you with Canadian, European, or other Chip & PIN cards - what happens when you are in the US? Are there any situations where you are prompted to enter your PIN?
They could just have people pay at the front like we already do at places like Denny's. In fact, if the US ever mandated PIN on cards I could see us mostly adopting that instead of wireless card terminals since some people seem uncomfortable with the latter (and more importantly, the equipment is already there to support payments at the counter).
Also, in my experience, most places do prompt for the PIN on my Diners Club card. However, a significant number of merchants also don't bother asking for transactions under $25-50 or so--or at all for the places that use Square.