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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: EMV Rollout Continues; Counterfeit Fraud Down 76 Pct.

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Visa said this week that as acceptance of EMV cards has gained traction in the U.S., counterfeit fraud, measured in dollars for these card present transactions, has dropped precipitously. EMV” is shorthand for Europay, Mastercard and Visa chip cards. storefronts now accept chip cards, according to the data.

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Visa Signs Off On Optional Signatures For EMV Merchants In North America

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12) in a blog post that it is making the signature an option — and no longer a requirement — for EMV chip-enabled merchants across North America. That shift, for contact or contactless payments, goes into effect April 2018. Those investments and focus, the company said, will help “define the future of payments security.”.

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National Business Systems VP: For Some SMBs, It’s Still Wait-And-See On EMV

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After nearly three years, the transition to EMV in the United States still has its challenges. Go back to the first big change in cashier technology, he told PYMNTS, and “the fact that cash registers could even accept integrated payments was a huge change,” he said. Millennials are traveling and leaving their credit cards at home.

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Identifying What’s Next In Digital Identity

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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 pointed to the recent security breach at Yahoo, in which fraudsters stole login credentials, comprised of email addresses and passwords, for more than 22 million user accounts.

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Creditcall Announces Availability Of Contactless Card Reader

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Creditcall, the omnichannel Payment Gateway and EMV Kernel provider, announced the availability of the pre-certified Miura Systems M010 contactless card reader to independent software vendors (ISVs) and system integrators who can now choose from over 30 different device manufacturer and processor combinations.

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Verizon: PCI DSS Compliance Down For First Time In Six Years

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One factor that comes into play when viewing the relatively lower rates of PCI compliance in the Americas is the fact that in the later region, EMV chip card payments are a relatively recent phenomenon. The study noted that there are some regional differences, as 77.8 percent in the Americas.

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