In reply to jimv1983.

If any of what you say is true, what more then can I say other than, only in 'merica ...

Then, how would you know if the terminal had NFC or not? It may simply be not enabled, as has been the case following stupid policies of some of the larger merchants involved in the MCX group; frankly, I doubt that you could buy a new EMV terminal that did not have an NFC capability already built in ...

Regardless, if you don't know what "EMV" is, maybe you should not be commenting on such articles as this ...