Bank reverses valid dispute credit and sides with merchant on chip charge
A cardholder disputed an unauthorized $10 charge added by a merchant after handing over their card, was initially credited, then had the credit reversed because the transaction used chip technology, despite still having physical possession of the card. The bank's reasoning conflated chip authentication with cardholder authorization.
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