Weird, because most of the data I can find shows that the US has one of the highest rates credit card fraud in the developed world. Australia being very far down the list typically, and yet we got chip & pin and Paywave/Paypass well before most other places
Before the internet, and before its pervasiveness (~2010), all, then most, of the credit card transactions were 'card-present.' The US still leads in fraud prevention for 'card-present' transactions. The US was optimized for these transactions, so the internet has been a bit of a hassle and or opportunity (e.g. paypal).
