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EMV deadline nears for gas stations, but many won't make it

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After postponing enforcement for years, the card brands are implementing an EMV liability shift at fuel stations, which still struggle to make the upgrades necessary for chip-card acceptance.

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The U.S. edges out Western Europe for second most EMV chip cards deployed

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American financial institutions have surpassed 1 billion EMV chip cards in force to take second place in total EMV cards deployed, behind only the global leader, Asia Pacific.

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EMV at One Year: Did We Do the Right Thing?

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EMV chip cards have delivered on their promise to halt counterfeit fraud at the physical point of sale. But for a technology developed long before the invention of e-commerce, mobile wallets and the word "omnichannel," delivering on its promise still feels like falling short.

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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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EMV Group Rebrands to Go Beyond Chip Cards

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The industry-led EMV Migration Forum is changing its name and expanding its focus to accommodate the myriad changes that are happening alongside the move to chip cards.

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EMV boosts security, but biometrics secure card identity

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There are security gaps in chip cards that are vulnerable to new types of skimming. Biometrics can help solve this problem, and will also prove handy as EMV cards migrate to smartphones.

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Why Do Merchants Want Shoppers to Swipe EMV Cards?

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Consumers who have been issued EMV chip cards know how to use them. So it might come as a surprise when merchants equipped with chip card readers instruct their customers to swipe their cards instead.

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