PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

The move has been complicated by the combination of most merchants getting a very late start to the EMV process – the Target breach was what many merchants considered their official starting line despite announcements by the card networks years earlier – and a complicated certification process that’s been tough for some merchants to navigate.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2016

The latest stats released by MasterCard give more optimism about the U.S. Million | The number of chip-active merchant locations as of April 30, 2016. Million | The number of chip-active merchant locations as of April 30, 2016. issued, MasterCard-branded chip-enabled consumer credit cards. 1 deadline.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2016

Today, Mastercard announced that 80 percent of its U.S. consumer credit cards are now enabled with chips, marking an 88 percent increase in chip card adoption since the Oct. 1, 2015 EMV liability shift. The company also reported that, in its network, there are now 1.7 dollars has dropped by over 60 percent.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2016

Mastercard is extolling the virtues of EMV technology and is highlighting its efforts in helping countries adopt the chip terminal system. According to Chiro Aikat, Senior Vice President of product delivery for EMV at Mastercard, EMV technology consistently brings “significant reduction in counterfeit card fraud.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

The shift from magnetic stripe to EMV chip cards marked one of the 21 st century’s most widespread payment developments. Chip cards have been heralded for their improved functionality and security, but they have still failed to address critical authentication problems, leaving retailers to bear the brunt of these vulnerabilities.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

The program, which was piloted in August 2015, is available to SMBs with short-term cash needs who have also been Wells Fargo customers for at least a year. Merchants and Chip Cards. IBM ), allegations of consumer harm over not being able to require the use of PINs with Chip Cards ( Walmart v. Alt Lending.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Mastercard wants to test out its fingerprint-scanning cards in the U.K. The payments firm is reportedly already testing the card in South Africa. The product combines chip technology with a fingerprint scanner to verify the cardholder’s identity when making purchases in-store or online.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2016

The number of payment cards in circulation around the world increased by 8 percent to 13 billion in 2015, with the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific seeing the fastest growth. trillion spent in 2015, with 37 percent market share. That’s up from 32 percent in 2014 and in front of Visa and Mastercard.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

million payment cards, Giorgio said. The contactless card opportunity for community banks stems from the expiration of first-generation EMV chip cards, she told Webster. In fact, in 2015, ICBA Bancard provided more than $800,000 in financial assistance to help its community bank clients prepare for first-gen EMV.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Since the first plastic credit card was issued by American Express in 1959 , payment tech progress has been growing exponentially. EMV chip card technology had a good two decades or so, beginning in the mid-’90s. Apple Pay caught up in 2014; in 2015, the wearables market made everyone aware of the tap’s potential.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Provide last-minute gift assistance via prepaid MasterCard/Visa cards. Score: Homepage (23 Dec 2015): PNC Christmas Price Index page: ———– Key Bank. Score: Homepage promo #1 (23 Dec 2015): Homepage promo #2: ———-. Gift card promo integrated into main image (promo 2 of 3 rotating).

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Stax

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Request Quote Upgrade Your Legacy Equipment for Mobile Payments The world’s foremost mobile phone manufacturers, Apple and Samsung started to foster the use of mobile payments as early as 2014 and 2015, respectively. Mobile card readers are now supported by major credit card processors such as Visa, MasterCard, and American Express.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

Mastercard started with week with an announcement of how its Mastercard Send product would extend the reach and the speed of Early Warning’s clearXchange P2P network for bank customers with a Mastercard branded debit product. So, we all know this – chip cards were not going to fix the problem of fraud at the POS.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Card-present fraud slides, again: Continued traction is evident in the fight against fraud at the register. Visa reports that merchants have seen an 80 percent drop in card-present fraud – as measured from September 2015 to September of 2018 – due to the increased adoption of Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV) chip cards.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2016

2015, MCX’s “anchor member,” Walmart, launched Walmart Pay , a QR code-based mobile payments app that leverages Walmart.com credentials, which include network branded credit and debit cards. Durbin sent to the the chip card consortium EMVCo, whose member companies are American Express, Discover, JCB, MasterCard, UnionPay and Visa.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Sberbank ( F16 ) and MasterCard ( F11 ) partner to launch ApplePay in Russia. Starting this week, Mastercard cardholders in Russia can now pay using ApplePay , thanks to a new partnership between Russian bank Sberbank and Mastercard. American Express leads the way in EMV card issuance, with 96% of their cards now EMV-enabled.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Additionally, according to newly released data from Cayan, consumers are getting increasingly used to using EMV in their day-to-day lives — 42 percent of consumers use chip cards three or more times per week while shopping. Not surprising, since there are more than 700 million chip cards in circulation in the U.S.

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