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MasterCard Expands EMV Self-Certification Program

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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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Visa’s Merchant-Friendly EMV Moves

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Today, there are 300 million chip cards in circulation and 1.2 It’s also the first to say that there could and should be more places for consumers to use their chip cards. Visa is the first to admit that a lot of progress has been made in the U.S. EMV migration over the last seven months.

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Visa Announces How It Wants To Help Merchants Accelerate EMV Chip Migration

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“We’ve taken steps to simplify the process as much as possible and help reduce any challenges so merchants can move forward with chip adoption quickly.”. According to Visa, there are at present 300 million chips card in circulation in the U.S. market which are now ready to be used at 1.2 million merchant locations.

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

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Master Card And Visa Simplify Retailer EMV Transition. EMV migration over the last seven month – with 300 million chip cards in circulation and 1.2 million EMV merchant locations – they are also the first to admit more needs to be done make more retail locations ready to accept all those cards.

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