Torous opened her shop just three weeks ago, and had previously purchased a terminal that accepted
only magnetic stripe cards for $ 150.
Not exact matches
Because the cost of manufacturing these
cards is higher than the old
magnetic stripe cards, some
card issuers are
only giving them out if you ask for one.
-- Many
card issuers have switched to EMV chips, but some still have
only magnetic stripes.
In Europe and around the world these
cards are the payment standard so if you
only have a
magnetic stripe card you run the risk of not being able to use it at some locations.
However, these U.S. chip
cards are still more likely to work abroad than ones with
only a
magnetic stripe.
Because of upcoming changes in the rules for who pays for losses connected to fraud, U.S.
card issuers are replacing
magnetic -
stripe -
only cards with chip - enabled
cards.