Chipknip from today really thing of the past – nrc.nl

Chipknip from today really thing of the past – nrc.nl

A charging point for the smart card. Since today that payment is no more. Photo ANP / Bas Czerwinski

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The smart card is no more. With the start of the new year is payment definitively abolished. The company behind the pay service, Currence, announced in 2013 that it wanted to stop the smart card, which has never been very popular since its introduction in 1996.

In essence, the smart card was overtaken by the payment for in his introduction he would engage in the fight right: the debit card.

The chip cut experienced its peak in 2010, writes news agency Novum, with 178 million transactions. Since then it went steadily downhill. Chris Hensen called chipknip on NRCQ few days back at the lada under payment:

“In fact, the smart card is a

little Lada under the payment. From the beginning, he was, in the eyes of many, failed. Detested too, because he would have to deal with. How often were users not to grumble at the parking meter, as their credit once was, but there was no charger in sight? “

There is probably tens of millions of euros in smart card balance at all debit cards in the Netherlands. Initially, consumers had to return their books balance manually, but later decided the banks to do it for them. In the first quarter of 2015, the balance will be credited to the appropriate account.

The abolition of the smart card had in some cities, such as Rotterdam, the parking meters are converted. The bicycle of the NS should be amended. As long as the access mechanisms that are only suitable for smart card, not yet converted must be stored for free

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