Square Inc. may have more incentive than other acquirers in urging merchant clients to accept EMV-chip cards, but its pricing strategy could deter some from adopting the secure technology. Square has ...

A tiny chip in your credit card is the latest tool in the fight against financial fraud. Stores across the country are required to accept new EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) cards by Thursday. Some ...

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Card-not-present fraud incidents are growing, and this is an area of fraud that many companies are trying to address. While EMV smartcards are commonly deployed with unconnected readers to generate ...

The introduction of EMV is supposed to help reduce instances of fraud. But when a merchant has trouble operating its terminal, unscrupulous customers can take advantage. Processing Content Benjamin ...

Banks have been sending out new chip-enabled credit cards that have to be inserted and held in a credit card reader to complete a transaction. These new cards look similar to your old credit cards, ...

Credit and debit cards with EMV chips have been around for five years now, except at gas stations. That’s because it is a lot harder to change card readers in gas pumps — where it may require breaking ...

Amy Nichol Smith is a former Product Review Editor at Forbes Advisor. She has more than 20 years experience as a journalist and editor, writing on a range of topics, including tech products and ...