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EMV Chip Cards: What You Need to Know About PIN or Signature Cards and How They Work

Stax

EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa) chip card use has continued to expand in use since its tumultuous rollout in 2015. The EMV standard has now become a global standard for cards equipped with computer chips and the technology used to authenticate chip-card transactions.

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Understanding POS Security: Protecting Your Business and Customer Data

VISTA InfoSec

Don’t Allow Swiped Transactions You may want to avoid processing older magnetic stripe cards in favor of Near Field Communication (NFC) and EMV chip cards. Encourage the use of Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) Decades of experience show that passwords only provide a small amount of security.

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Apple Pay's Update Is a Tonic for Chip Card Confusion

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Now, users can click the Apple Pay option on desktop sites and authenticate purchases using mobile devices. With the recent release of new operating systems for both iPhone and Mac, Apple Pay is available on desktops, marking the continued expansion of Apple’s mobile payments platform.

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Discover CEO Endorses PIN Authentication for EMV

Payments Source

Issuers still have a choice of whether to require PIN authentication for EMV-chip cards, but David Nelms, chairman and CEO of Discover Financial Services, says the chip-and-PIN path increasingly makes the most sense for U.S. payment cards going forward.

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JCB to trial IDEMIA's fingerprint authentication chip card

The Paypers

(The Paypers) JCB , an international payments brand based in Japan, has teamed up with IDEMIA to conduct a pilot trial of its latest JCB Biometrics Card with fingerprint authentication.

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Chip Shield’s $20 Online Fraud Solution

PYMNTS

A new personal chip card reader will soon hit the market with the goal of protecting consumers while shopping and banking online and ultimately preventing online fraud — at an introductory price of just $20. It’s time to start extending chip-based security to protect us online and reverse the rapid growth of fraud and identity theft.”.

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NRF Warns Against EMV Verification Flaws

PYMNTS

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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