PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

We even created the ability to use chip cards in a USB-attached chip reader to form-fill and send EMV-like payment information to merchants across the internet. Even those communities that are unbanked or underserved can choose to receive their Social Security and veterans benefits through reloadable, prepaid cards.

Innovation 103

Innovation CHIPS eWallet Chip Cards 103

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2017

The company believes that exposure of cardholder data that could be used to create counterfeit cards – including names, addresses, emails and Social Security numbers – was limited, but some credit card numbers may have been compromised. Buckle Inc. 28, 2016, and April 14, 2017.

Compromise 63

Compromise Credit Cards Card Issuer CHIPS 63

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Barnhardt related that with the advent of chip cards in the United States, fraudsters have been looking for new avenues through which to continue their criminal enterprises. Yet a GIACT identity test revealed no fewer than 590 applications where Social Security numbers were used to open accounts for people who were deceased.

Identity Theft 48

Identity Theft Social Security Addressing Consumer 48

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The fact remains that the very data that is readily available across all conduits of transactions – from phone numbers to Social Security numbers – are there for the taking, across all manner of firms, and can be used as building blocks to create sophisticated ways to defraud the innocent.

Enrollments 43

Enrollments Breach Fraud Detection Social Security 43

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Chip-enabled transactions: Still seeing a steady march of acceptance in the United States. EMVCo says that 59 percent of card transactions are done through EMV chip cards globally. Stolen information included names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers.

Data Security 40

Data Security Data Breach Breach Security 40