Tap-n-PIN mystery

The UK does not support online PIN at POS; therefore, it should not be possible to 'tap & PIN' in the UK, irrespective of where your card was issued.  Do you have examples of where this is possible?

OTOH, it may be possible to use a UK card to 'tap & PIN' outside the UK, in markets which do support online PIN at POS (US, Australia, NL, etc.)  This will depend on whether the card supports online PIN as a contactless CVM.

Alex, thank you for the feedback. There are several places where "tap & PIN" works in the UK, e.g. Shell petrol station in Loughborough.

Tap-History: most UK Acquirers do support Online PIN at POS (Barclaycard acquire for Shell Pan-Europe)...

Hi Alex & Alex,

The issue and uncertainty comes from the terminal settings.

The terminals all support this but the Merchant and Acquier need to agree to its use.

I hope that helps explain the uncertainty and inconsitencies you are seeing.

UK Cards agreement and guidance is needed to get this functionality to be everywhere.

PS getting back into payments after some time away - setting u a small bank.

Talk soon