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Mar 14, 2024 | 7:29 am

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Originally Posted by prgboy

many merchants in the U.S. who do not accept cell phone card, and so the physical plastic card must be used. I suspect all of this is in some setting of the merchant terminal.

Several large national chains do not accept contactless payment, and smaller merchants may not have updated their terminals. We are drifting away from the topic of this thread, but there is extensive discussion next door: USA contactless credit/debit/transit (cards, stickers or NFC smartphones)

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