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EMV Chip Cards: What You Need to Know About PIN or Signature Cards and How They Work

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EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa) chip card use has continued to expand in use since its tumultuous rollout in 2015. The EMV standard has now become a global standard for cards equipped with computer chips and the technology used to authenticate chip-card transactions.

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Understanding POS Security: Protecting Your Business and Customer Data

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Don’t Allow Swiped Transactions You may want to avoid processing older magnetic stripe cards in favor of Near Field Communication (NFC) and EMV chip cards. Encourage the use of Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) Decades of experience show that passwords only provide a small amount of security.

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Apple Pay's Update Is a Tonic for Chip Card Confusion

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Now, users can click the Apple Pay option on desktop sites and authenticate purchases using mobile devices. With the recent release of new operating systems for both iPhone and Mac, Apple Pay is available on desktops, marking the continued expansion of Apple’s mobile payments platform.

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Discover CEO Endorses PIN Authentication for EMV

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Issuers still have a choice of whether to require PIN authentication for EMV-chip cards, but David Nelms, chairman and CEO of Discover Financial Services, says the chip-and-PIN path increasingly makes the most sense for U.S. payment cards going forward.

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What are Mobile Payment Services and How Do You Select the Right One for Your Business?

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Thanks to smartphones and secure authentication, mobile payments continue to explode in usage. lower chargeback volume than traditional credit cards. Mobile payment readers A mobile payment reader attaches to a smart device, such as iPhone or Android, to enable businesses to accept card payments without needing a full POS system.

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Everything You Need to Know About Credit Card Processing

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This means you’ll be able to accept chip cards as well as contactless payment methods like contactless cards and digital wallets like Google Pay or Apple Pay. EMV Compliance Most businesses are aware by now that EMV is the chip card technology that has been rolling out across the USA over the past few years.

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Static online security isn't enough to stop post-EMV fraud

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Given the spike in online fraud that accompanies the chip card migration, there are a lot of new authentication methods. Most of them still rely on information that's not dymanic and vulnerable.