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Why Credit Cards Have That Annoying Chip

NPR · USA · Documentary · 4 min · ♥︎ 520

NPR traces the credit card's stripe and chip back to 1960s airline lines, IBM engineers and the long fight against fraud.

A breezy, surprising history lesson behind something in your wallet.

Ever wondered why the chip on your credit card made it slower — or where the chip and stripe on your credit card even came from?

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