[blackysky]

Someone should tell Square that in Canada we use smart chips...I don't remember the last time I swipe a card....Cool product with prehistoric technology...

[jonny_eh]

Canadian credit cards still have stripes on them that work. I don't see the problem.

[potatolicious]

The rest of this thread is worth a read. To summarize: very soon chipped cards that are swiped instead of chip-and-pinned will be far more likely to trip the fraud alarm.

[blackysky]

You are right but you and I know the Square brand so I won't have a problem to use it but here in canada any time Banks give you a brand new card with smart chips , they tell you to stop using the swipe system because it's not as safe as the smart chips... Guess what!? my mom stops and refuses to use a swipe system of any kind....

[AndyIngram]

Starbucks still uses the strip. Although or all new cards use chip and pin now and most retailers can still use the mag strip.

[rescripting]

I'm surprised they even released a hardware swipe solution at all. Most canadian cards have NFC embedded in them now (Interac Flash, MasterCard PayPass, Visa payWave). Surely a much simpler solution is just being able to tap my card to a merchant's phone and avoid a special dongle all together?

[GiraffeNecktie]

I think we can assume that Square will transition to chip readers eventually. In the meantime, the swipe works on Canadian cards so it's not really an issue.