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Merchants Gone Wild: The Surcharge Edition

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Never mind the people who start rummaging around in their purse or wallet to pull out their cards after stepping up to the checkout counter. This newfound friction is the result of the City of Boston passing a bill that bans plastic bags and gives merchants the right to charge for ones made of paper. is nothing new.

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EMV’s Slow Crawl Into Retail

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retailers are able to process chip-card transactions. retailers are able to process chip-card transactions. According to a survey by the same research group — taken shortly before the liability shift went into effect in the fall — only 27 percent were going to be ready to go with chip card processing as of Oct. They weren’t.

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Passwords: End Of An Error

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As the number of cyberattacks rises on a global scale, password compromise is often to blame. In the background, CA Technologies profiles the device examines consumer behavior and analyzes the transaction, comparing the data to a portfolio of millions of device fingerprints, card profiles and merchant data.