tmiw

Actually, this might be why:

The business did have tipping turned on from what I remember. But if the tip's asked for before the tap/insert/swipe prompt, I'd imagine that PIN/CDCVM would still work, right?

BTW contactless with Grocery Outlet is still MSD-only and the terminals now have the same UI as SuperValu et al ("Swipe/Insert/Tap Card" with the various card logos on the bottom).

Nacron

Wonder if the new POS systems they installed at GNC nationwide yesterday will accept NFC

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...tems/95920478/

tmiw

Mentioned in the other thread. The short answer is no, unfortunately.

emmanuel_t

I found a Korean cafe with customer-facing iSC250s attached to a custom POS. Everything's enabled, with a tip prompt before presenting the card. Visa contactless is MSD, though, and they have no signature waiver. Not sure if they support debit.

tmiw

A while ago I noticed that the sit-down Chinese restaurant in the same shopping center as the place I went to today had an Apple Pay logo on their window. I went there after lunch and noticed that the logo is no longer in their window. Additionally, it appears to have changed name/ownership again and has adopted very restrictive card use conditions ($10 minimum + a subset of the menu is cash only).

Anyway, I noticed that they have a VX520 with a sticker from the same people who sold the other place their equipment, so there's a good chance EMV works. Contactless probably does too but I'd consider the terminal inaccessible to customers despite being at the front counter unless the cables it's attached to are pretty long.

D582

Yes, there is a $0.02 to $0.035 interchange fee paid from the acquirer to the issuer for Interac Flash transactions, and is honestly something a merchant like Wal-Mart could negotiate out of their processing contract.

But MasterCard in Canada actually offers lower interchange for low-value contactless transactions (up to $10, rising to $25 next year), and Wal-Mart Canada's co-branded credit card is a MasterCard so even from that perspective, the issue would not be costs. It is a clearly a business decision for them.

tmiw

Walmart's management seems to have a personal grudge in general towards Visa/MC so even that might not be enough.

tmiw

Just went to a Mediterranean takeout that had an Apple Pay but I only saw a FD100. Why even mention it if you don't have the ability to accept it?

Bonus: they have an AT&T router but the terminal appeared to be connected via dialup.

Points Scrounger

I would've made a point of asking whether they did Apple Pay (as NFC is commonly known).

tmiw

I suppose it's possible that their FD35 was in the shop at the time. I didn't see anything else terminal-looking on the counter though.

wco81

I just asked in Australia if I could tap.

If there wasn't a contactless say,bol.

emmanuel_t

I checked out a small market/cafe near my house that opened not too long ago. They have a Square contactless reader that's facing the wrong way (chip slot facing customer), but other than that, they have all of Square's signage (window sticker and 'pay with your phone' paper stand) promoting contactless.

tmiw

The silly thing is that since Square doesn't support PIN in the US at all (and even if they did, the PIN entry would be on the tablet/phone), there's no reason to have a customer-facing chip slot. That's not to say that cards shouldn't be out of view of customers during the transaction, however.

mia

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