Payment Savvy

JULY 3, 2024

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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Stax

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Interchange rates vary based on the type of card you are running. The more expensive it is for the credit card company to maintain the card–rewards, cashback, perks–the more expensive the interchange. In other words, debit cards are more economical while business credit cards are typically the most expensive.

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Payments Source

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Credit and debit card payments are continuing to increase in terms of usage, with the Federal Reserve finding credit and debit card payments accounted for more than two-thirds of all noncash payments in the U.S. Among the key findings of the report was an increase of card payments to 19.9 from 2012 to 2015.

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Stax

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It splits transactions into three types—non-qualified, mid-qualified, and qualified—depending on the credit card type and payment mode used, and charges a different fee for each tier. Payments made with international cards, business cards, and specific high-benefit rewards cards are classified as non-qualified and have the highest fees.

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The Paypers

AUGUST 15, 2017

(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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

For banks and retailers, there is a fine line between making people’s use of credit and debit cards as painless as possible and protecting individuals’ financial details from swindlers. Contactless credit cards have seen a slow rate of adoption in the U.S., after being slow to be embraced by consumers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

There’s also the safety of using debit in contactless payments, he said, where issuers had, fortuitously from a timing perspective, accelerated their issuance of contactless cards coming into 2020 and before the age of COVID-19.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Square announced earlier this week that businesses around Australia can access Square’s new contactless and chip card reader online at square.com.au It enables sellers to quickly and securely accept tap-and-go cards, mobile wallets, such as Apple Pay and Android Pay, and chip cards. for just $59.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

22) that it is working to modify its debit routing policies, saying that it has “modified and clarified” its rules to boost EMV chip card adoption in the United States. Those modifications, the card giant said, come on the heels of guidance that has been issued by the Federal Reserve. Visa said Tuesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Primark, a European clothing dealer, has reported that credit card skimming equipment was found on “a limited number of card payment machines” in two of its U.S. Simple card skimmers do not work on EMV chip cards, but as of yet, it is unknown what type of skimming devices were used.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In fact, almost 50 percent of all debit card payments are contactless. billion transactions with their debit cards, which is a jump of 8.9 billion card transactions, both debit and credit, made in July, an increase of 5.7 don’t rely on swiping or chip card readers. New data from U.K.

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Clearly Payments

DECEMBER 2, 2024

With over 79% of consumers using credit or debit cards for transactions, businesses that do not accept cards risk losing significant sales. This article will explore the various ways businesses can accept credit cards, including their advantages, costs, and considerations. Pros Fast and secure transactions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2016

If you’re playing the slots in Vegas this week, there’s a good chance they’re coming up: Biometrics; EMV chip cards; Mobile security. He said that biometrics could have the potential to remove the need for usernames and passwords, much the way EMV is intended to eliminate the need for cardholders to enter debit card PINs.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In fact, almost 50 percent of all debit card payments are contactless. billion transactions with their debit cards, which is a jump of 8.9 billion card transactions, both debit and credit, made in July, an increase of 5.7 don’t rely on swiping or chip card readers. New data from U.K.

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Accepting credit card transactions is no longer a decision of whether to but rather how to. With cashless now BEING king, credit and debit cards are the primary method for your customers to make payments. of consumer payments came through card payments. Pre-pandemic, 62.3% per transaction.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 26, 2016

payment card market prompted many issuers to keep things simple by sticking with contact-only chip cards when they finally moved to support EMV, but now certain issuers are taking a new tack by adding Near Field Communication technology to their chip-enabled cards. The large scale of the U.S.

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The Paypers

AUGUST 15, 2016

(The Paypers) Reducing credit and debit card fraud by implementing EMV chip card acceptance has become retailers’ top payment issue in 2016.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2017

The International Card Manufacturing Association (ICMA) is out with a new report that finds 70 percent of all financial cards have a chip embedded in them. In a press release issued Tuesday (May 16), the ICMA said chip cards account for 88.6 percent of revenue for cards globally manufactured in 2016.

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Stax

JANUARY 5, 2024

TL;DR A credit card terminal is a device commonly used by businesses to handle credit and debit card transactions. Level Up Your Terminal with Stax Card Readers What is a Credit Card Terminal? A credit card terminal is a device commonly used by businesses to handle credit and debit card transactions.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Thanks to these modern payment solutions, credit card, and debit card users can now complete their purchases without swiping or inserting their cards at the point of sale (POS) terminals. Because of this, outdated POS systems lack the ability to accept NFC-enabled credit and debit cards or mobile wallets.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2017

“These seconds we’ve chipped away matter a lot to both the customer and business owner handling hundreds of transactions a day.”. the payment processing company has focused on making chip-card processing speeds faster to cut down on long lines for their sellers as part of a broader push to enable the retail industry.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

To that end, Chase , the largest card issuer in the U.S., 14) that it’s rolling out tap-to-pay functionality across its Chase Visa card portfolio. The pump has been primed, in part, as merchants upgraded in the wake of EMV to new terminals that can take transactions via chip cards. said Wednesday (Nov.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Since the first plastic credit card was issued by American Express in 1959 , payment tech progress has been growing exponentially. EMV chip card technology had a good two decades or so, beginning in the mid-’90s. Contactless cards All cards today can come contactless. Q: What devices support tap to pay?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Additionally, according to newly released data from Cayan, consumers are getting increasingly used to using EMV in their day-to-day lives — 42 percent of consumers use chip cards three or more times per week while shopping. Not surprising, since there are more than 700 million chip cards in circulation in the U.S.

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BNG Payments

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The merchant slides a customer’s card through a wireless machine and enters the sale amount. Both the card and sale information are securely sent to the merchant services provider. The merchant services provider then sends the sale information and credit or debit card details to the customer’s issuing bank where the card is verified.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2016

But while merchants have now had more than a year to adjust to the new technology, retailers still lag behind when it comes to chip card adoption, causing frustration and confusion for consumers, even with chip-based cards decreasing counterfeit fraud by 60 percent, according to Mastercard. It’s EMV all over again.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

That would be a way to reduce the gap of time that exists after a debit card is used to pay for a transaction and when funds make their way to retailers. For one thing, consumers are partial to paying with credit cards that offer rewards , and may be hesitant to adopt other payment methods.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2017

24) they had formed a new partnership to expand the acceptance of the UnionPay card in the U.S. to pay with their UnionPay chip, credit and debit cards at First Data merchant clients. Commerce-enabling technology provider First Data and international bankcard company UnionPay International announced Tuesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2017

And chip cards keep eating away at counterfeit fraud — news that might be somewhat more joy-inducing were it not also the case that data breaches hit their all-time high in 2016 as well. He noted the service would only be for shoppers who have a Target REDcard credit or debit card in the beginning (somewhat similar to Kohl’s Pay).

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FICO

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The differences in fraud rates between debit and credit spending are similarly stark. Credit cards appear to be the main target of fraud, with an average fraud rate 1.5 times that of debit cards. Lower fraud rates may be attributed to lower average available funds and more frequent monitoring of balances. .

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Stax

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

TL;DR A payment terminal enables a merchant to take chip card and contactless payments. In simplest terms, payment terminals are the machines used to pay for things using credit or debit cards when you make a purchase in-person. Previously you would swipe your magstripe card in a payment terminal.

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Cardfellow

AUGUST 9, 2023

They do not apply to prepaid cards or debit cards, which instead have their own categories called CPS Supermarket – Debit and CPS Supermarket – Prepaid. Card Present Transactions To qualify, the transaction must be run through a credit card machine, that is, be “card-present.”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2018

What makes the experience ubiquitous is the set of standards that card networks have agreed to support so that transacting with those payments products is interoperable and consistent for everyone across the payments ecosystem. That’s not the case in the digital world.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 21, 2015

Website visitors receive thorough explanations, how-to graphics, and a short video showing how to insert a chip card in a reader. Enhanced security with chip technology. Your new card now features greater fraud protection – built right in. And the bank’s explanation of the new technology was a little verbose.

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