Gas stations have less than a year and a half left to meet the card schemes’ deadline to install in-pump EMV card readers. Despite Visa and MasterCard’s previous move to extend the EMV deadline, many gas stations are still not likely to meet the October 2020 deadline. Those who fail to meet compliance will meet the same fate as retailers...
As of early 2019, EMV chip cards have continued to increase share and the number of incidents of fraud have dropped significantly in the U.S., according to Visa. The Details on Visa’s Numbers Recently, Visa reported that 3.5 million U.S. merchant locations accepted EMV chip cards as of March, which was an increase of about 400,000. There were 3.1 million...
As of December 2018, more than 3.1 million merchant locations accepted EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) chip cards, according to Visa. This is a 692% increase since the beginning of EMV migration in 2015. As of the end of last year, there were 511.1 million EMV chip cards in circulation in the United States, which is a 221% increase since...
Card present counterfeit payment fraud at chip-enabled merchants dropped 80%, since the U.S. payment industry shifted to these types of cards. In 2011, Visa led the industry by moving to EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) chip cards. Four years later, widespread adoption of chip technology occurred because it was known to be effective at reducing counterfeit fraud in other countries....
Do you have a gas station? Have you already converted to EMV chip card acceptance? Maybe you’re just planning to offer EMV chip card acceptance, aren’t you? Just read this article and you’ll learn more about the acceptance of these cards. Gas Stations Convert to EMV Chip Cards Unattended gas pumps might serve as a great use case for the...
The nationwide adoption of EMV chip cards and processing technology brought a major change in the US. This was something different from what people used to have – mag stripe cards. Are you a merchant interested in EMB fraud liability in the US? Just keep on reading this article and you’ll learn more about it. EMV Liability Shift in the...
Recently, there has been some confusion over PIN debit and EMV. Still trying to figure out the many changes taking place with EMV, many merchants have made enquiries to add PIN debit to their existing merchant account. If the difference between EMV and PIN debit has confused you as well, the following explanation will help clear things up for you....
EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) chip card payments at the US point of sale (POS) are now 2 years’ old (October 2015) at least officially. However, according to a poll of consumers and retailers by a Boston-based merchant processor, consumers think purchases are still being processed slowly; many merchants still don’t accept chip cards. Merchants’ and Consumers’ Views on EMV...
While an overwhelming number of retailers in the United States are still pacing the shift to the use of EMVs, another persuasive tech has hit the market. Most retailers are still lagging behind as they should have ditched the use of TLS 1.0 as their primary transaction security protocol which is set to expire in around ten months. Failure to...
Merchants successfully deal with payment methods but have some problems in some key areas. Particularly, they have difficulty identifying overseas transactions, according to recent survey results by a risk management firm. The survey was conducted online between April and June. More than 800 merchants in some 29 industries participated in the survey. The revenue generated by these merchants ranged from...
