Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Katie Miller is a consumer financial services expert. She worked for almost two decades as ...

But you may be in for some surprises, and I say this from personal experience. I recently was with two childhood friends on our annual girlfriends getaway, which included shopping. I handed my ...

Chip technology makes credit card theft more difficult. EMV chips create a unique key each time you use your card. Cynthia Paez Bowman is a finance, real estate and international business journalist.

Despite being around since the 1990’s, consumers and merchants didn’t really have to deal with EMV cards until 2015. Short for Europay, MasterCard, and Visa, EMV technology uses a chip that’s embedded ...

Businesses should be EMV compliant to avoid being held responsible for credit card fraud. EMV compliance requires businesses to use EMV card readers to process credit card transactions. Your business ...

Starting Oct. 1, a new standard in credit card technologies goes into effect. — -- Chip-enabled credit cards will now become the standard for consumers and business owners. Banks and credit ...

After almost sixteen years of trying to encourage EMV adoption in the US, MasterCard has hit upon a potential reason why it's not catching on: its closed, proprietary standard. But that's changing ...

Credit and debit cards in the U.S. now have EMV – Europay, Mastercard and Visa – chip technology, the global standard for card payments that significantly reduces fraud. Most card users are familiar ...

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EMV chips, the little chips embedded into your credit cards, are there to secure and store cardholder data, as well as protect against credit card fraud. While they may be small – approximately one ...