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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1398870, member: 39&quot;]Depends on how it is implemented. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> For example, an American friend of mine cannot use her credit card in many places in Europe. Problem is, her cards do not have the chip that our cards have.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now when I travel to the US, I need to have a credit card anyway - after all, that is the only way to pay the $14 &quot;entry fee&quot; for tourists. But once I am in the US, there are several places where the card is useless. Try getting gas with a pay-at-the-pump system: In many cases you will be asked to enter a ZIP code, but anything non-US will not be accepted. May be useful to prevent fraud, but asking for the PIN code would make much more sense ...</p><p><br /></p><p>So a cashless society where cards are universally accepted would not &quot;kill&quot; tourism. But the more obstacles you build in, the less attractive a quick trip becomes. Apart from that, there is still the issue of card payments being tracked (may not be a major issue) and card data being stolen and misused.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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