Chip Cards, Push-to-Card and Visa

Home Depot Sues MasterCard, Visa Over Chip Card Security

PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2016

Visa and MasterCard are using security measures prone to fraud, putting retailers and customers at risk of thieves, The Home Depot says in a new federal antitrust lawsuit. Atlanta-based Home Depot says new payment cards with “chip” technology remain less secure in the U.S. Even with chips, U.S.

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Mastercard Expanding Scan-To-Pay QR Program

PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2017

Mastercard is expanding its QR-based programs to create greater choice in retail mobile payments. Once the QR code has been scanned, the online payment will be processed through the Mastercard network using M/Chip technology and the secure EMV infrastructure that retailers already have in place.

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MasterCard Expands EMV Self-Certification Program

PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

The move has been complicated by the combination of most merchants getting a very late start to the EMV process – the Target breach was what many merchants considered their official starting line despite announcements by the card networks years earlier – and a complicated certification process that’s been tough for some merchants to navigate.

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Adding Fuel In The Tank For Mobile At The Pump?

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Earlier this month, Visa and Mastercard said they had extended the deadline for U.S. gas station owners to install EMV chip card readers at the pump. One point of comfort might rest with the fact that Visa has said that fraud rates at the pump are low in comparison to almost all other points of card activity, comprising about 1.3

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Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost

PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

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.

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What’s the Future For Payment Cards?

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

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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The Straight Scoop On EMV: One Year Later

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

That was the date that lives on in payments history since it was the date that Target announced it had been the victim of a massive POS breach that exposed the card data of some 40 million consumers. Nationwide, there are roughly 2 million chip-enabled businesses, and 1.3 There’s plenty of positive data to look at.

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You Haven’t Been Yourself Lately: Digital Identity Trends 2020

PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

The launch of EMV chip cards in the U.S. in the early 2000s had much of the hoped-for effect: By 2017, both Mastercard and Visa had reported that counterfeit fraud was more than halved. Despite their success, the use of EMV cards with no required PIN codes has left a door unlocked for crooks. It’s not all good news.

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Tap to Pay: What It Is and How It Works

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

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’s Australian Bank Scrutiny Over mPOS Security

PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2016

The initial push by payments firm Square into Australia hit a rough patch after the security of its mPOS reader was scrutinized, as noted by The Australian. Though the device, designed for use in the United States, accepts chip cards, it was not set up with a PIN pad.

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

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2016

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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Does Apple Pay Growth Signal Contactless Transit Boost?

PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

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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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Bitcoin Busts, Payments Get Faster And The Eyes Have It

PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

Mastercard started with week with an announcement of how its Mastercard Send product would extend the reach and the speed of Early Warning’s clearXchange P2P network for bank customers with a Mastercard branded debit product. This week was the first week of the last full month of summer.

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European mPOS Player Sees US Opportunity Too Good To Pass Up

PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

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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Hard Knocks Edition: MCX, EMV And Square

PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2016

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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Interesting Answers Edition: Wells Fargo, EMV And Millennial Card Usage

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Will anything ever excite millennials about credit cards? There were more questions than answers in the news last week. Are Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump each healthy enough to be president? Who planted the bomb in Manhattan on Saturday night (Sept. Elizabeth Warren. With an asterisk or two. Ready for the full story? On Tuesday (Sept.

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Home Depot Sues MasterCard, Visa Over Chip Card Security

Mastercard Expanding Scan-To-Pay QR Program

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MasterCard Expands EMV Self-Certification Program

Adding Fuel In The Tank For Mobile At The Pump?

Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost

What’s the Future For Payment Cards?

The Straight Scoop On EMV: One Year Later

You Haven’t Been Yourself Lately: Digital Identity Trends 2020

Tap to Pay: What It Is and How It Works

Square’s Australian Bank Scrutiny Over mPOS Security

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

Does Apple Pay Growth Signal Contactless Transit Boost?

Sizzle Or Fizzle: Bitcoin Busts, Payments Get Faster And The Eyes Have It

European mPOS Player Sees US Opportunity Too Good To Pass Up

Hard Knocks Edition: MCX, EMV And Square

Interesting Answers Edition: Wells Fargo, EMV And Millennial Card Usage

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