why is running a card as credit even possible?

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USA scenario here: say I have a $2000 car repair bill and use my debit card.
Can’t be bothered to put in my pincode so I hit credit, payment goes through without pincode.
Why does the consumer have the option to pick here?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Everyone overlooking the easy answer…

International security standards required chip and PIN for payment processing. Americans were too stubborn and/or stupid to handle that, so security was compromised in the American market to satisfy whiny Chads and Karens.

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