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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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Visa Chip Cards Reduced Counterfeit Fraud By 87 Pct

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Visa announced that since their inception, chip cards have reduced counterfeit fraud by 87 percent. . Chip cards are increasingly becoming the norm as usage and acceptance has continued to grow since the EMV standard was first introduced in 2011,” the company said. Also down were overall card-present fraud rates.

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What Is Debit Card Processing & How Does It Work?

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Debit cards have become an indispensable part of our financial lives, with the majority of American adults, spanning all demographics, now possessing at least one debit card. Every merchant should prioritize taking the time to understand debit card processing to streamline operations and enhance customer satisfaction.

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Visa: Chip Cards Reduce Counterfeit Fraud At U.S. Merchants By 75 Percent

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merchants by 75 percent from September 2015 to March 2018 as more storefronts started accepting chip cards. To that end, Visa said that, as of its latest “Visa Chip Card Update,” as many as 67 percent of storefronts in the United States now accept chip cards. payments in June were on EMV cards.

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Square Finds People Do Not Like Chip Cards

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The movement to EMV and chip cards has been one of safety, but card users themselves have been disgruntled when actually using the cards.

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Study: debit card fraud declines after adopting chip cards

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(The Paypers) The 2017 Debit Issuer Study commission by PULSE has shown a decrease in debit fraud loss after US financial institutions increase issuance of chip debit cards in 2016.

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Visa Says Counterfeit Fraud At Chip-Enabled Merchants Plummets 70 Percent

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million merchant locations now accept chip cards, covering 59 percent of the merchant population. That latest tally also includes December of last year and represents a jump of 579 percent over the beginning of the migration to EMV chip card adoption in the United States. Debit cards numbered 272.7

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