Come on, do you really think a merchant open for business has the contactless function on the terminal turned off or goes with a broken terminal for more than a day? Or with no terminal at all? Get real.
Wrong terminal, i.e. not NFC-enabled for contactless and mobile, yes, absolutely. Why? Because the issuers profit more from signature payments, thus they have promoted them and even downplayed PIN debit.
Biff Matthews
CardWare International
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