Originally Posted by
RedLight2015
I posted a video in the other thread of Square in the US using Quick Chip. I wonder if Canadian Square/UK/etc just uses normal processing as QC is US only at the moment. I wonder if the Canadian style setup would interfere with QuickChip.
Quick Chip is only for the US, and there is no reason for it to be expanded beyond the US (and will likely break things in other countries). Remember it's simply a hack to make people feel like things are faster.
The flow in Canada (which is the same for most terminals now with tipping enabled - enter tip, then present card). would 'work' with Quick Chip in the US, but there would't be much point as the reader only activates after you enter the tip amount. I don't even know why Square bothers with QC as their readers are only activated at the end of the transaction and there is no real time savings.