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

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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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NRF Warns Against EMV Verification Flaws

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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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Discover CEO Endorses PIN Authentication for EMV

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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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NRF Talks PIN-less EMV And POS Fraud

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Facial authentication and cloud-based subscription services are particularly popular, with applications ranging from unlocking personal smartphones to providing secure access to top-secret government facilities. EMV Cards Face Crucial Verification Security Gaps. EMV cards are becoming increasingly commonplace in the U.S.

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EMVCo: Majority Of Payment Cards (8.2B) Are Chip-Enabled

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billion chip-enabled consumer cards — credit and debit — are now in use across the world, according to EMVCo , the industry standard organization. Globally, more than 75 percent of all cards are now enabled with EMV chip technology. More than 8.2 The scanner then analyzes the individual consumer’s unique fingerprint.

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Understanding POS Security: Protecting Your Business and Customer Data

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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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EMVCo Releases EMV Secure Remote Commerce Specifications Draft

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To open its EMV® Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) specification for public comment for a 45-day period, secure payments enabler EMVCo has issued a draft version of the specification called version 0.9. The news comes a few months after EMVCo announced the launch of the full EMV 3-D Secure (EMV 3DS) test platform in August.

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