Author Topic: Walmart requiring use of the ICC chip if your credit card has one.  (Read 4441 times)

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I was at Walmart in PA a few times lately, and if I tried to pay with a card which has a chip the system would not allow a swipe. This extremely annoying since reading the chip take about X5 as long as a swipe.
Anyone else run into this?

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Re: Walmart requiring use of the ICC chip if your credit card has one.
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2014, 06:35:43 PM »
I was at Walmart in PA a few times lately, and if I tried to pay with a card which has a chip the system would not allow a swipe. This extremely annoying since reading the chip take about X5 as long as a swipe.
Anyone else run into this?
Yes in Long Island  few weeks back

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Re: Walmart requiring use of the ICC chip if your credit card has one.
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2014, 06:52:41 PM »
Yes in Long Island  few weeks back
Just had that today in Buffalo too.

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Re: Walmart requiring use of the ICC chip if your credit card has one.
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2014, 06:54:11 PM »
A few weeks ago in NJ. Solution: use another card :)
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Re: Walmart requiring use of the ICC chip if your credit card has one.
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2014, 07:15:39 PM »
I was wondering...
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Re: Walmart requiring use of the ICC chip if your credit card has one.
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2014, 07:35:57 PM »
A few weeks ago in NJ. Solution: use another card :)
A lot of cards are getting chips though. Including the Barclay Arrival+ which I use most often.

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Re: Walmart requiring use of the ICC chip if your credit card has one.
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2014, 07:38:28 PM »
I called corporate, and they said that it was implemented to prevent fraud?!? How exactly does it help?
Anyways, you think if enough people complain they will change it back?

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Re: Walmart requiring use of the ICC chip if your credit card has one.
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2014, 07:47:27 PM »
is the only problem the extra time?

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Re: Walmart requiring use of the ICC chip if your credit card has one.
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2014, 10:52:55 PM »
I called corporate, and they said that it was implemented to prevent fraud?!? How exactly does it help?

This is the point of chip cards. They are harder to clone than magnetic strips. And those that include PIN as well are even more secure because they are two-factor authentication.

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Re: Walmart requiring use of the ICC chip if your credit card has one.
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2014, 09:54:13 PM »
+1 in Monsey a few weeks back.

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Re: Walmart requiring use of the ICC chip if your credit card has one.
« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2014, 11:13:03 PM »
is the only problem the extra time?
It took three different registers until they were able to read my card. It took more than half an hour!