Right now, I'm in the Netherlands where they have Maestro debit cards that are embedded with a chip, (they call it ChipKnip) that you can load up to 500 euros with to pay quickly (although I usually never load that much on it for security reasons). I love this because it is accepted more places than credit (including, but not limited to: coffee, soda and snack machines, pay-for-parking, and even buses!) and is easy to add money to as ChipKnip refilling machines are always right next to ATMs. I actually wish they would have the chip in the US where I'll be going back to in a few weeks as this chip system is a wonderful idea IMHO.
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Right now, I'm in the Netherlands where they have Maestro debit cards that are embedded with a chip, (they call it ChipKnip) that you can load up to 500 euros with to pay quickly (although I usually never load that much on it for security reasons). I love this because it is accepted more places than credit (including, but not limited to: coffee, soda and snack machines, pay-for-parking, and even buses!) and is easy to add money to as ChipKnip refilling machines are always right next to ATMs. I actually wish they would have the chip in the US where I'll be going back to in a few weeks as this chip system is a wonderful idea IMHO.