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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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Why Would Anyone Delay Chip Card Adoption?

Payments Source

As the payments industry progresses through the first stage (POS terminals) of the EMV liability shift and gets closer to the second stage (ATMs), a lingering question that can be asked is, why would any card issuer not want to get certified for EMV?

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EMV's Prepaid Problem: Issuers Aren't Interested in the Security

Payments Source

New Orleans--As credit and debit card issuers start to see the benefits of EMV-chip card security, prepaid would seem to be the logical next step. But prepaid issuers remain unconvinced of the security benefits of EMV.

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Is The US On The Verge Of A Contactless Surge?

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don’t rely on swiping or chip card readers. cards use chip-and-signature and chip-and-PIN methods. Card issuers have been slow to release contactless cards due to limited acceptance at the point of sale. JPMorgan Chase will roll out new Visa-branded contactless EMV cards this year.

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Challenges in the card payment industry—Navigating a rapidly changing landscape

The Payments Association

Traditional card issuers and networks must adapt or risk obsolescence. Technological disruption and innovation The rapid pace of technological change is both a challenge and an opportunity for the card payment industry.

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NMI’s Contactless Payments Tech Boosts UK Charity Donations

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It’s not as prevalent in the United States, however, as many card issuers don’t give customers the contactless option. The change happened quickly – numerous markets saw contactless usage go from single digits to more than 50 percent use within 18 to 24 months. that we have seen in the rest of the world,” Sanford said.

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Amex Gives Merchants EMV Chargeback Break

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Amex will also limit the number of counterfeit fraud chargebacks to a total of 10 per card account. Under these new policies, the card issuer, instead of the merchant, will cover the liability for the additional counterfeit fraud transaction disputed from a card account after those 10 chargebacks.

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