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Key Takeaways:
- [01:03] Fallback refers to using the mag stripe on a card to authorize payment when a card chip (or POS device) isn’t working properly.
- [03:50] In 2017, Visa and Mastercard in Canada disallowed fallback.
- [07:23] Credit unions can limit the fallback dollar amount on POS devices to prevent fallback attacks.
- [07:42] There is no reason to ever allow a mag stripe swipe at a chip-enabled ATM or ITM.
- [09:17] A lot of credit unions are blocking fallback at the POS without causing any inconvenience to their members.
- [09:50] If you allow fallback on your POS system or ATM/ITM, you assume the full risk as the card issuer.