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Tallying the Cost — in Seconds — of EMV

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It was inevitable that someone would try to add up those extra seconds it takes to perform an EMV transaction, and when Cayan did it concluded that EMV is forcing U.S. consumers as a whole to spend years in extra time at the register.

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PIN in Demand as Chargebacks Mount and EMV Spreads

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payment industry adopted a largely chip-and-signature approach to EMV instead of chip-and-PIN security that’s standard elsewhere, rising merchant chargebacks are leading some to question the wisdom of PIN-free payments. Many moons after the U.S.

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Merchants' Slow EMV Shift Promises Pain for the Holidays

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There’s no way to gift-wrap the EMV woes for issuers and retailers around the upcoming holiday sales season.

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Oberthur's New Card Melds Networks' 'Faster EMV,' Mobile

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Building on industry initiatives to ease the user experience for chip cards and increase use of contactless technology, Oberthur Technologies has developed a dual interface card in the U.S. market that combines new Visa and MasterCard specs and 'tap and go.'.

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How the Payments Industry Failed a Major Arizona Grocery Chain

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Arizona's largest independent grocery chain, was certain it was prepared for the October 2015 EMV liability shift. Bashas' Inc., After all, it had begun purchasing terminals for all of its 1,400 checkout lanes a year in advance.

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NCR Goes Big on Data by Merging CRM with Mobile Payments

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Of all the initials small to mid-sized merchants hear during the digital payments migration—"EMV," NFC," "mPOS"—an older abbreviation may finally pry open the door to widespread payments automation: CRM.

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