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by cbhl 3911 days ago
In Canada, EMV and NFC rolled out at around the same time -- EMV gets used for big transactions where you want PIN auth, and NFC gets used for low-risk transactions like buying a coffee.

There was definitely a learning curve for figuring out the new terminals at first (some PoSes required both swiping and using the chip), but that only lasted about a year or two.