It's neat to hear how other countries do it. In the U.S., at least where I am, credit cards, and debit cards run as credit, require a signature. Debit cards run as debit require only a pin. To my knowledge, there are no limits; a $1.50 candy bar or a $1,000 Macbook have those same rules. Of course, NFC and an iPhone6 would alleviate many annoyances for blind consumers - signing on electronic screens where you can't easily use a signature guide, orienting your card the right way, locating the card machine (especially if it's a moveable one), and so on. Next Tuesday is certainly going to be an interesting day. On Sep 1, 2014, at 4:46 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
> Here in Canada you can tap and pay with Visa and Mastercard at a lot of > places especially grocery stores, drug stores, convenience stores, liquor > stores and so on. Depending on which store there is a limit, e.g. I think at > Safeway I can tap my card if my grocery purchase is under $100, if it's more > I have to still put in my PIN. I guess in the States using a PIN with a > credit card is not very widely spread, either, here it is common place. You > stick in your card, enter your 4-digit Pin just like with a bank card and > off you go, no signature necessary. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Brent Harding > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 12:56 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: NFC-Near Field Communication > > I wonder if this is the new development that makes tapping and paying to buy > stuff finally take off? I know Google Wallet supports MasterCard's > technology to do it at merchants that are set up for it, but I heard it > hasn't taken off all that well yet. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dr. Avnish Chopra M.D." <sen...@gmail.com> > To: "ViPhone" <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 9:56 AM > Subject: NFC-Near Field Communication > > > The new iPhone six will most certainly have NFC! > Today Apple also tied up with American Express, Visa and Mastercard! > This along with touch ID for confirming payments will ensure an excellent > and fast way of spending your money! Easily and effortlessly :-) Any > comments? > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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