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billion non-prepaid debitcardtransactions in 2018, solidifying debit as a staple payment type. They insert or swipe their debitcards at stores’ point-of-sale (POS) devices — or key in details online — and maybe enter PINs, but the behind-the-scenes processes through which transactions are routed are kept invisible.
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