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EMVCo Becomes an Accredited ISO/IEC Certification Body

Fintech Finance

EMVCo Security Evaluations provide a common methodology to assess whether chip and software-based vand solutions meet EMV Specifications, requirements and guidelines for security*. For almost 20 years, EMVCos robust security evaluation processes have been integral in promoting trust and enabling more secure payment experiences.

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Understanding POS Security: Protecting Your Business and Customer Data

VISTA InfoSec

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. This will help ensure that the solutions you use contain the features that are most needed to ward off unauthorized access to payment data.

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Malware Strikes Merchants Behind The EMV Curve

PYMNTS

Cybersecurity firm FireEye warns of the dangers that custom-built malware poses to retailers due to its ability to capture payment card details directly from retail point-of-sale (POS) systems. In the world of POS threats, there has been a rise in both underground offerings, as well as new malware found in active use.

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NCR Payments Application Secures First Data EMV Certification

PYMNTS

NCR Corporation announced Monday (March 21) that its Epsilon payments application has received EMV certification from First Data. The EMV liability shift will continue to influence convenience store strategies,” Jason Groff, director of petroleum and convenience retail at NCR, said in a statement.

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Payment Security: Everything You Need to Know About Secure Payments

Stax

Taking precautions to implement security measures such as secure firewalls and cybersecurity training helps to protect cardholder data and other sensitive information. It’s also critical to ensure card information is protected from data breaches with secure encryption and cybersecurity standards in place.

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U.S. e-commerce fraud spikes—and there's more to come

Payments Source

The opening of the 2016 holiday season, which marks the first full year since the country's major EMV fraud liability shift, is proving what data security experts feared all along.

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As ATM Fraud Jumps, We Need ATM Profiling

FICO

As the US payment card infrastructure continues to move to EMV, fraudsters are turning their targets toward unattended self-service terminals, such as US ATMs, most of which have not yet been upgraded to read EMV chips. Globally, the European ATM Security Team reported a 19% increase in ATM-related fraud attacks from 2014 to 2015.

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