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Home Depot Sues MasterCard, Visa Over Chip Card Security

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Atlanta-based Home Depot says new payment cards with “chip” technology remain less secure in the U.S. than cards used in Europe and elsewhere in the world. Even with chips, U.S. Even with chips, U.S. and Canada affected 56 million debit and credit cards, far more than the attack on Target customers.

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Visa delays gas pump EMV deadline to 2020 after complaints

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pushed back its deadline for installing chip-card readers in U.S. gasoline pumps after station owners complained they didn’t have enough time to complete the multibillion-dollar upgrades.

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NRF Talks PIN-less EMV And POS Fraud

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Credit card payments are increasingly enabled via EMV chips rather than magnetic stripes, but these methods frequently suffer from a lack of diligent digital identity verification. EMV Cards Face Crucial Verification Security Gaps. EMV cards are becoming increasingly commonplace in the U.S.

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Adding Fuel In The Tank For Mobile At The Pump?

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gas station owners to install EMV chip card readers at the pump. The new deadlines speak volumes about the upgrades needed, and as Visa noted in its own statement on the matter: “Older pumps may need to be replaced before adding chip readers, requiring specialized vendors and breaking into concrete.”

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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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What’s the Future For Payment Cards?

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What does the future hold for the plastic payment card? Or will cards with cutting-edge technology win more loyalty from shoppers? The payment card has “a long life ahead of it,” he told Karen Webster. Even if you consider technologies like mobile, you can see that the consumer is still paying with payment cards.”.

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Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost

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However, there may be an opportunity to get more contactless cards into the hands of consumers — an opportunity that involves community banks and is backed by financial incentives. million payment cards, Giorgio said. She noted that, ever since EMV chip cards were introduced in the U.S., Australia and Canada.