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The Straight Scoop On EMV: One Year Later

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EMV: The three little letters that represent the single most hotly debated and discussed topic in the U.S. The walk to the liability shift in this market last October was technically four years long, but in reality, EMV didn’t become an absolute certainty until Dec. But it’s not just EMV.

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Visa’s Merchant-Friendly EMV Moves

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EMV migration over the last seven months. Today, there are 300 million chip cards in circulation and 1.2 million EMV merchant locations. It’s also the first to say that there could and should be more places for consumers to use their chip cards. Visa’s Quick Path To EMV.

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MasterCard Expands EMV Self-Certification Program

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It’s been a tough road on the way to EMV terminal deployment here in the U.S. To that end, MasterCard is announcing today that it is reducing the volume of tests that it requires of terminals before bringing them into the field as certified to enable chip card payments.

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Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost

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However, there may be an opportunity to get more contactless cards into the hands of consumers — an opportunity that involves community banks and is backed by financial incentives. million payment cards, Giorgio said. She noted that, ever since EMV chip cards were introduced in the U.S., Australia and Canada.

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Mobile Monday: Helping Customers Understand EMV & Mobil Payments

Fintech Labs Insights

This week’s EMV “liability shift” in the United States is expected to be a boon for mobile payments. Savvy issuers should seize on the negative publicity and confusion around EMV plastic cards and push NFC options both within the native app and on desktop and mobile websites. ———-.

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Tap to Pay: What It Is and How It Works

Stax

Since the first plastic credit card was issued by American Express in 1959 , payment tech progress has been growing exponentially. EMV chip card technology had a good two decades or so, beginning in the mid-’90s. Most modern card readers and payment terminals are NFC-equipped.

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Mobile Payments: CakePay Is Eating the World

FICO

Here’s a quick summary of how it works (a more in-depth description can be found here ): Install CakePay on your iPhone or Android phone and add your preferred payment card to it. A second trip to come back to pick it up with your payment card. A third to bring the card back so the guest can add the tip on the paper receipt and sign.