5 Charts Showing How Travelers Pay for In-Trip Transactions
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Credit cards are now more secure in the U.S. with chips required for all new cards and European cards have had these chips for the past decade, which helps explain why generally less secure debit cards aren't brought on trips as much anymore.
Travelers are the perfect targets for pickpockets and other kinds of credit card fraud as they spend and swipe in places where they are not always sure what trusted card readers or payment technologies look like.
Experian ran a study this past summer and found that credit cards are on a sharp incline in terms of U.S. travelers bringing them on their trips while bringing along debit cards has dipped slightly since 2014. During a trip, the gap is smaller between paying with credit cards and ca
