Originally Posted by
kebosabi
I wonder how many people who back then said so-and-so about how mag-stripe is still king and EMV will never take off, now regularly dip their EMV chipped cards when they go out and buy groceries or those who said I don't want those darn contactless things because hackers can steal my info from a mile away are regularly doing that at 7-Eleven. LMAO
Most people eventually get over it when something new comes out.
That said, the US implementation definitely isn't ideal. The only real difference is we insert or tap now instead of swiping; other than there being a bit more customer facing terminals than there used to be, cards basically work the same as they always have from a cardholder's perspective. I'd have preferred we forced 100% cardholder facing equipment (either by requiring PIN and/or imposing some new card network/federal rules) because as it is, the US probably will never reach 100% merchant acceptance of contactless (especially if you're using a phone or watch instead of a card).