[LargeFormat] Re: OT: What's an ec card?

[Tim Atherton]

>   Beware of debit cards. These are also called fake credit
> cards. They are somewhat different than an ATM (automatic
> teller machine) card which is what works as above, i.e.,
> like a check, the money being transferred directly from your
> checking account. Debit cards and ATM cards are often
> combined, make sure what kind of transaction you are
> getting. Debit cards do NOT have any of the protections of a
> true credit card, so be very careful with this kind of
> transaction.

Canada must run on debit cards... I think Canadian debit card use is
somewhere between 5 and 10 times greater than the US (mind you, the US is
the greatest per capita users of credit cards on the planet :-)  )

tim