Card companies don’t always think long term, the fact that chip and pin has been out in the world for a decade and the card companies just NOW (after the Target debacle) decided to push it hard here shows that. So the fact that they are currently allowing a glaring security hole doesn’t mean they won’t figure it out and change their tune. Or maybe the stores will change their tune, according to Wiki in the UK the retailer carries the liability for fraudulent charges involving CNP cards.
There are problems, and when the problems dig deep enough into the right pockets they’ll fix them. Much like the gas stations that started requiring the zip. You keep studiously ignoring that fact, we’re in Battlestar Galactica land, this has all happened before, this will all happen again. Companies HAVE done no contact card usage before, got burned, and brought back contact. Why QuickTrip chooses not to learn from the example Texaco, Shell, Chevron and Exxon I don’t know; but I’ve already seen how this plays out.
Again, it’s in the “movement” and “direction” - from all that I’ve seen, read about and experienced for myself.
The “movement” is there and it’s steady. The “direction” is continuing in this same way and not going backwards to a previous time.
When you have “movement” and “direction” — then it’s only a “matter of time”.
I’ve got “contactless payment” right now ... and have had for a long while. And it’s expanding - just with my own personal experience. Thus no matter what you refer to as “the problems” — in my real life and direct experience - it’s expanding. And that’s not expanding from just maybe a couple of months ago and it’s just a “hiccup” right now - but expanding in my direct experience from NINE YEARS AGO.