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EMV Chip Cards: What You Need to Know About PIN or Signature Cards and How They Work

Stax

EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa) chip card use has continued to expand in use since its tumultuous rollout in 2015. The EMV standard has now become a global standard for cards equipped with computer chips and the technology used to authenticate chip-card transactions. What Types of EMV Chip Cards Are There?

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EMV's Prepaid Problem: Issuers Aren't Interested in the Security

Payments Source

New Orleans--As credit and debit card issuers start to see the benefits of EMV-chip card security, prepaid would seem to be the logical next step. But prepaid issuers remain unconvinced of the security benefits of EMV.

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Merchant EMV Rollout Still Lags Issuers

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Three months shy of the EMV liability shift’s one-year anniversary, issuers are making brisk progress but merchants are stuck at a crawl.

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Dubai First takes the lead as the first issuer in the region to leverage Mastercard Token Connect services

Fintech Finance

Dubai First , the consumer services platform under First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), has become the first issuer in the region to leverage Mastercard Token Connect to push customers’ tokenized card details from its mobile app to Click to Pay and digital wallets.

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Fime and imark Enhance Nepal’s Financial Ecosystem With EMV® L3 Testing

Fintech Finance

Fime has advanced its collaboration with imark to provide local EMV®* Level 3 test services in Nepal. Together, the companies will support the nation’s rapidly expanding financial ecosystem by providing local testing and consultancy services to issuers and acquirers.

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A well-informed consumer base can help issuers fight fraud

Payments Source

The EMV migration has caused fraud to migrate to other channels. Issuers can make consumers aware of this threat and give them a handful of steps to spot trouble.

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Merchants Remain a Distant Second to Issuers in EMV

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Three months shy of the EMV liability shift’s one-year anniversary, issuers are making brisk progress but merchants are stuck at a crawl.

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