Independent ATM operators will soon have to upgrade, replace or abandon their newly obsolete machines. The nation's fleet of cash machines is becoming outmoded because of the upcoming shift to ...

European banks are ramping up for a fundamental change in the way card payments are handled. The implications of this change go far beyond Europe's borders. Banks across Europe are in the midst of ...

The new Europay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV) terminals, similar to those that have been available in Europe for many years, are supposed to have a higher level of fraud protection via the encrypted ...

Effective Oct. 1, cards embedded with small microchips, also known as EMV cards, will becaome the standard in the United States. Beginning on that date, the major payment processors (MasterCard, Visa ...

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Target may have lost our data, but it gave us some new vocabulary words: “EMV card,” or, perhaps, “smart-chip card.” In a now-urgent debate, two points have gained almost universal acceptance: No. 1: ...

If you do not already have updated credit and debit cards, keep an eye on your mailbox for the latest in credit card technology. EMV chip cards have been popular in Europe for a long time. In fact, ...

Think that your new EMV-compliant chip-reading point of sale terminal will keep crooks from stealing your customer credit card info? Think that your new EMV-compliant chip-reading point of sale ...

This is Part 1 of a three-part feature covering Payment issues in retail. Part 2 will appear in the May 7 newsletter. With credit card issuers and retailers dragging their heels, how long will it take ...

Credit card chips have been in modern cards for a while now, and are a security feature used for authentication, as Mastercard ditched the magnetic stripe completely years ago. But to make it all work ...