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MasterCard Expands EMV Self-Certification Program

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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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Visa Announces How It Wants To Help Merchants Accelerate EMV Chip Migration

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Earlier today Visa announced a handful of new moves aimed at pushing EMV chip adoption among merchants. We’ve taken steps to simplify the process as much as possible and help reduce any challenges so merchants can move forward with chip adoption quickly.”. market which are now ready to be used at 1.2 million merchant locations.

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Visa’s Merchant-Friendly EMV Moves

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Today, there are 300 million chip cards in circulation and 1.2 It’s also the first to say that there could and should be more places for consumers to use their chip cards. Chip has a lot of functionality,” Nelsen emphasized, “but a good portion of what chip enables is not necessary for the U.S.,

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PYMNTS’ Data Dive: Strange Bedfellows Edition — Card Networks, EMV And Retail

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On the EMV front, Home Depot decided it felt strongly enough about Chip and PIN that that it sue MasterCard and Visa over it.Walmart Canada decided it would stop accepting Visa cards since they say they are too expensive. the verification method after dipping the chip is still a signature – as opposed to a PIN.

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