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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 Chip Cards Reduced Counterfeit Fraud By 87 Pct

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Visa announced that since their inception, chip cards have reduced counterfeit fraud by 87 percent. . Chip cards are increasingly becoming the norm as usage and acceptance has continued to grow since the EMV standard was first introduced in 2011,” the company said. Also down were overall card-present fraud rates.

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EMV's Prepaid Problem: Issuers Aren't Interested in the Security

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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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Chip Card Shipments Top 2.3 Billion In 2017

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billion payment chip cards were shipped worldwide in 2017. While shipment volumes in China and the United States “continue to normalize,” contactless payment cards are more than 70 percent of shipments in “a growing number of territories,” the association said in an announcement. marking a twofold increase over 2014.

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Why Would Anyone Delay Chip Card Adoption?

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As the payments industry progresses through the first stage (POS terminals) of the EMV liability shift and gets closer to the second stage (ATMs), a lingering question that can be asked is, why would any card issuer not want to get certified for EMV?

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Issuers have a path to beat Apple Pay

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The EMV migration includes support for chip cards and NFC contactless payments, giving banks room to compete in the contactless payments market just in time for wearables to take off.

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Oberthur Tackles EMV Shortage, Security Concerns

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Card manufacturer Oberthur Technologies is offering issuers facing a shortage of EMV chip cards an option to receive as many as 25,000 in five days, rather than waiting the standard three to four weeks.

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