Because every single csrd in my wallet no longer has its chip read (get an error when inserting) and have to use the tap to pay system instead.

I have had this happen way back when I first got a bank account as a teen, before the chip, because I got too close to an electro magnet; but that was when they only had the magnetic strip. AFAIK the chip is just a chip.

So how/why are all my cards fucked up at the same time? 🤨