One year ago today, regulations surrounding liability for credit card fraud switched to encourage banks and stores to start using EMV (Europay, Mastercard, Visa) technology, also known as chip cards.

These days, we rely on credit cards for just about everything–from groceries to online shopping. But with convenience comes ...

But in the U.S., you only have to go back about 10 years or so — before EMV chips and contactless technology became standard on credit cards — to find a different world, where those now ...

If you have received a new credit card recently, it probably contains an EMV chip. You may not have noticed it because most US retailers still let you swipe to pay. But that will change soon.

EMV chips are the computer inside modern debit and credit cards. A card with an EMV chip has a square, metallic contact patch that connects to the point of sale (POS) to process a payment. The chip ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Computer security researchers at payment technology company NCR have discovered a gaping security flaw in EMV (Europay, Mastercard, Visa) chips on credit cards.

Still, contactless credit and debit cards are the preferred contactless payment method for 45%, followed by smart phones, 39%, and smart watches, 16%. Notably, that is a shift from the 2022 study, ...

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