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Visa’s Merchant-Friendly EMV Moves

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EMV migration over the last seven months. million EMV merchant locations. Terminal certification has, so far, been a big barrier to making that possible, and the hue and cry across the ecosystem over the EMV certification backlog has now reached a fever pitch. Visa’s Quick Path To EMV. Changing Chargeback Economics.

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MasterCard Expands EMV Self-Certification Program

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It’s been a tough road on the way to EMV terminal deployment here in the U.S. To that end, MasterCard is announcing today that it is reducing the volume of tests that it requires of terminals before bringing them into the field as certified to enable chip card payments.

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Boosting EMV And Omnichannel, NMI Acquires Creditcall

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NMI , which provides payments enablement technology for independent sales organizations (ISOs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and value-added resellers (VARs), said Tuesday (Feb. 20) that it has agreed to acquire Creditcall , a payments gateway and EMV solutions provider based in Bristol, England.

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Payments’ Half-Year Progress Report

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and retailers fear customer satisfaction backlash over the move to EMV and the impact on speedy checkout. Demandware’s retail stronghold, when paired with Salesforce’s cloud-based CRM and marketing capabilities, has the potential to recast the balance of power in the retail eCommerce vertical – VARs and ISOs in particular.

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

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On the EMV front, Home Depot decided it felt strongly enough about Chip and PIN that that it sue MasterCard and Visa over it.Walmart Canada decided it would stop accepting Visa cards since they say they are too expensive. Home Depot – Another EMV Lawsuit Joins The Party . Because in the U.S. There is money on the table.

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