On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 19:01:07 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On 1/3/2016 6:20 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>
> >
> > *In Canada, we don't have to swipe a card and enter a PIN. We just
> > have to touch a screen with the card. The whole thing takes about 1.5
> > seconds.
> >
> > Doris
> >
>
> Sorry to hear that. That type of card is being eliminated because it is
> possible to steal the information and clone them. New chip cards take
> longer but are much more secure.

They have to work out a new system. Either make it possible to insert
the card at the beginning of the transaction or figure out how to
process it as fast as the swipe, because the current way is holding up
lines.

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