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		randomfool on June 26, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why are credit card chip readers so slow? FWIW, Square's chip reader seems to be much faster than many others.

photojosh on June 26, 2017 | [–]

Can confirm. Just set a Square reader up for my local school's parents' association and it's so quick I had to do a double-take as to whether the payment actually had been made.

bpicolo on June 26, 2017 | [–]

I've noticed this too. It's blazing compared to the average Verisign

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