Credit and debit cards in the U.S. now have EMV -- Europay, Mastercard and Visa -- chip technology, the global standard for card payments that significantly reduces fraud. Most card users are familiar ...

Businesses should be EMV compliant to avoid being held responsible for credit card fraud. EMV compliance requires businesses to use EMV card readers to process credit card transactions. Your business ...

The nationwide shift to EMV has begun. EMV -- which stands for Europay, MasterCard and Visa -- is a global standard for cards equipped with computer chips and the technology used to authenticate ...

For several years Oct. 1, 2015, has loomed as a turning point in the U.S.'s migration to EMV chip-and-PIN cards — the cards with computer chips that have already been deployed in most parts of the ...

In 1960, an IBM engineer named Forrest Parry was developing a new type of ID card for the CIA when he had an epiphany: Why not make each card a tiny data storage device in and of itself? He cut a ...

The card brands are taking their last major step in the U.S. EMV migration by enforcing a liability shift at fuel stations. The April 17 deadline has been delayed multiple times — it was originally ...

But you may be in for some surprises, and I say this from personal experience. I recently was with two childhood friends on our annual girlfriends getaway, which included shopping. I handed my ...

New technology could beat fraudsters, but you’ll still be vulnerable. — -- Those tiny new chips embedded in your credit cards promise to make it tougher for thieves to steal your data. But before ...

It has been ten months since the October 1, 2015 deadline for credit card companies and retailers to switch to smart chip EMV credit cards in order to avoid liability for fraudulent card use and now ...

Credit and debit cards with EMV chips have been around for five years now, except at gas stations. That’s because it is a lot harder to change card readers in gas pumps — where it may require breaking ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Katie Miller is a consumer financial services expert. She worked for almost two decades as ...

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