The two
biggest debit card providers, MasterCard and Visa, don't allow businesses to impose purchase minimums on debit card purchases though, so it's easy to see why there's confusion.
Not exact matches
However, a
bigger reason to avoid using a
debit card at a restaurant is that you are letting it leave your sight while the server takes it away to be swiped, says Bryan Jardine, director of fraud prevention solutions at security
provider Easy Solutions.