PIN or paywave? It’s the customer’s call


PETALING JAYA: Expecting to enter your six-digit personal identification number (PIN) for a transaction using your payment card, but the cashier taps or waves it at the terminal instead?

There have been many instances where merchants, upon getting hold of a customer’s credit or debit card, use the “paywave” function without the permission of the cardholder.

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