I was in the states a couple years ago and they were using cards like in the nineties. When paying at a restaurant they take it, then come back with the bill, you write the tip and sign it, and then is charged... my European (visa!) cards didn't like that shit one bit and would get rejected half the times.

Over here, for the Americans, the server brings you the bill, if they don't already bring the terminal you tell them you're going to pay with a card. They enter the price, you put your phone or card close to it, they ask 'd'ya want the ticket?' 'No, thanks' 'ok thank you! Have a nice day!'.

Yeah I don’t understand any of this. I just tap and that’s it. Is this article from 1987? I remember my parents let me put a GI Joe truck on layaway at Jemco to teach me something about finances. Is layaway still a thing?

In the US not so much. If the tap thing exists and is working.... We're already used to chip (not chip and pin). I assume by now most are chip... Chip cards usually can't swipe unless extra steps.

Spent a minute in the UK and tapping was so convenient.

Training issue. Too often you still need to sign. Even when the receipt clearly says “no signature required”, you still get asked to sign

Some places do but swipe and sign is still pipular here. Chip and tap are catching on but most places have all 3

Whenever a business allows for it, yes. Walmart is a big one that does not

I've had to sign on tap before, though it is less frequent. Tap to pay is fairly new here in the US and there're still odd holdovers like that

I HATED when tapping some cards brought up the signature..

I used to do that everywhere, then I learned that some POS systems display the signature to the cashier. Retail workers already have it pretty rough, so I don't draw dicks unless I'm sure the place I'm checking out at uses a POS that doesn't do that lol

I'm a European citizen. I bet it differs from country to country, but where I live, there are very rare cases they have you sign them. I believe it's when you don't actually pay on the spot, but rather give them a permission to withdraw that amount of money from my account later (SEPA Lastschriftmandat). Not sure why you would opt for that option as a business. To a customer it works the same, except the latter option takes longer.