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sister ray
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I was in my local pharmacy yesterday to pick up a subscription, and when
we tried to pay with my partner's US credit card, the pharmacy employee
refused the payment with that card, as it doesn't have a chip.
Her line was that AIB instructed their merchant accounts that only chipped
credit cards are now accepted (apparently since the 1st of July).
Obviously, this poses a problem, as we have a valid means of payment,
but potentially no way to use in shops that have their credit card terminal
through an AIB merchant account.
I tried to call AIB, but after being sent around the call-centre for 20
minutes or so, they were unable to answer the question.
We also called the US card provider, and asked if they were able to hook
us up with a EMV chipped card, but apparently no US card providers are
actually taking part in the EMV chip program (being one of the only countries
in the world where this seems the case).
The questions I'm looking to get an answer on are:
Kind regards,
Sister Ray
we tried to pay with my partner's US credit card, the pharmacy employee
refused the payment with that card, as it doesn't have a chip.
Her line was that AIB instructed their merchant accounts that only chipped
credit cards are now accepted (apparently since the 1st of July).
Obviously, this poses a problem, as we have a valid means of payment,
but potentially no way to use in shops that have their credit card terminal
through an AIB merchant account.
I tried to call AIB, but after being sent around the call-centre for 20
minutes or so, they were unable to answer the question.
We also called the US card provider, and asked if they were able to hook
us up with a EMV chipped card, but apparently no US card providers are
actually taking part in the EMV chip program (being one of the only countries
in the world where this seems the case).
The questions I'm looking to get an answer on are:
- Is it even legal to refuse the payment with the non-chipped card in the first place?
- Does anybody know more about AIB's decision? Is the shop in error, or...?
- Any other suggestions that don't amount to "get a local credit card instead", we have one.
Kind regards,
Sister Ray