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by djrogers 1541 days ago
> But these same companies are already issuing 100% chip-and-pin (plus tap) cards in every market other than the US.

Citation please? I haven't seen a non-chip-and-pin card issued here in the US for at least 5 years (probably even longer), and that includes my tiny local bank..

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None of my cards are chip-and-pin, they are chip-and-sign (i.e. it's via a chip reader, but no PIN is required to pay)
Yep, the rules were, for chip and pin fraud, the liablility was no longer on the retailer, but still was for swipe fraud. So there was a HUGE push from retail customers to get chip-and-pin in place to cut down on the amount of chargebacks, etc.

https://pointofsale.com/chip-card-vs-magnetic-stripe-card/

As recently as three years ago I still had two (ATM/Visa Debit) cards with no chip. They were both issued by credit unions. I know this was after the 10/1/2015 "deadline" (https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/what-october-1-chip-a...), but I think debit cards were given a later deadline.
Chip and pin is distinct from chip. I have ~5 credit cards. At least 4 of them support tap to pay.

They all have chips. None of them have chip-and-pin.