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Tap to Pay: What It Is and How It Works

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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. Most modern card readers and payment terminals are NFC-equipped.

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Square Chip Readers Get Speed Boost

PYMNTS

As card swipes turned to chip insertions across the U.S., Recently, to combat long lines and payments fatigue, financial, merchant service and mobile payment company Square rolled out a firmware update to its chip payment terminals. Contactless credit cards and mobile wallet use have seen a slow rate of adoption in the U.S.,

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UK Fraud Trends: Improving Detection Under PSD2

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Card-not-present (CNP) transactions, which are primarily conducted online, have quickly become the most common transactions made among consumers. Debit cardholders use their cards far more often, but for smaller amounts: nine times on average for a total of £500 (roughly $700 or €560) per month per account.

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Does Apple Pay Growth Signal Contactless Transit Boost?

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In it, CEO Tim Cook credited much of Apple Pay’s recent growth to its increasing use in mass transit. Transit is another important area of growth and Apple Pay can be used with iPhone and Apple Watch to quickly and conveniently ride public transit in 12 metropolitan areas.”. Visit a major U.S. OK, that might be an exaggeration. Contactless Visions.

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

PYMNTS

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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Hard Knocks Edition: MCX, EMV And Square

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MCX coalition members hoped that the scheme would be attractive enough to consumers that many of them would shift away from what they were using in the store — branded plastic cards — to its mobile payments scheme. Back stateside, it was another blockbuster week and just in time for the summer blockbuster season. Need to know more?

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European mPOS Player Sees US Opportunity Too Good To Pass Up

PYMNTS

The ubiquity of PIN-less chip cards in the U.S. can be estimated by the fact that over 60 percent of Visa’s chip-based credit and debit cards didn’t require PIN or signature until last year. The massive payment infrastructure overhaul, which came with an estimated $8.65 billion price tag, led U.K For the U.S.

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