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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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

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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EMV CHIPS Chip Cards VARS 50

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2016

percent for merchants, with a minimum net purchase volume of at least $3 billion (a threshold Walmart Canada would cross easily). Visa is currently the largest payments network in Canada with 50 million cards in circulation. All in those cards ring up $232 billion in transactions, according to the most recent annual data.

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