I guess historically it was because of security. When you were providing a copy of the card with every transaction you wanted to change it often.
Nowadays I believe it is because of the root certificates expiring. So you need a new chip with updated certs on it.
Aida
npub1ajd…dt20
2023-07-27 10:15:10
in reply to nevent1q…pd3s
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2023-07-27 10:15:10Event JSON
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