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Moving internationally costs beaucoup de monies, and scaling way up (another Starbucks) requires them to probably streamline service for that level of client.

$200 million goes fast when take just those two things into consideration. I could see just the UK costing some millions, and the rest of the EU a few tens of millions.



This is especially the case given the prevalence of chip and pin in the UK (and elsewhere in Europe).

No-one swipes. Which means the hardware would need to be different.




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