In 2016, new chip debit and credit cards were issued to consumers by major financial institutions. According to the US Payments Forum, 600 million cards have been issued. How do these chip cards protect consumers? EMV (Europay/MasterCard/Visa) chip cards are designed to protect you from data breaches. The system has been used in European countries and Canada for decades. 90%...
In August of 2011, Visa made the announcement that it was moving toward EMV contact and contactless chip technology in the U.S. The first milestone, effective on October 1, 2012, involved Visa expanding its Technology Innovation Program (TIP) to merchants in the U.S. The deadline for the EMV liability shift was set for the beginning of October 2015. These deadlines...
With as many as 5 million mobile point-of-sale readers in circulation in the United States, mobile POS companies will have their hands full following the liability shift set for October 2015 when the nation’s payment card networks step up the migration to the MasterCard-Visa chip and pin system. While this change is fantastic for security reasons, there are sure to...
It is possible that there could be a delay transferring debit cards from PIN to EMV due to discussion and uncertainty in the United States government. The problem is that as of yet, no standard model has developed for processing EMV payments. This has aggravated both business owners anc consumers, especially after the Target data breach. EMV cards are...
