The Latest EMV Card Tally
The EMV liability shift officially takes place tomorrow, and while there’s been much speculation about if the U.S. market is truly ready for the switch, the latest count shows more than 200 million...
View ArticleThe 10 Things Issuers Need To Know About EMV Migration
http://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Oberthur-Podcast1.mp3 T-minus one (day) until the migration to EMV in the U.S. officially happens. A journey that started worldwide two decades ago...
View ArticleGiving Biometrics The Payments Edge
It can be easy to only see biometrics as a futuristic technology that is best suited for gaining access to something – like your mobile device. But Mark Nelsen, SVP of Risk Products and Business...
View ArticleStripe, CardFlight Empower In-App EMV Acceptance
Mobile point-of-sale technology provider CardFlight announced on Tuesday (March 8) its integration with digital payments and FinTech firm Stripe to enable developers to accept EMV chip card payments...
View ArticleVisa Puts The ‘Quick’ Into EMV
Cardholders may have cards with chips in them in their hands, and EMV adoption by merchants may be on the rise, but there’s no doubt about it: EMV transactions take longer at the point of sale. But...
View ArticleWill Chip Cards Hurt The Retail ATM Market?
By this October, consumers may be seeing less ATMs available at their local bar or corner store. Chicago Tribune reported on Tuesday (July 5) that, with the looming deadline for ATM owners in the U.S....
View ArticleVisa Releases New EMV Data
As of the end of last month, Visa reported that there are now 326.8 million chip cards in the U.S. market — a number that outweighs the actual number of residents in the country. The card network’s...
View ArticlePay By Sound: It’s Back!
Sound travels at 767 miles per hour, so if you want a faster contactless payment, audio waves aren’t a bad vehicle for it. But harnessing audio waves for payments purposes is easier said than done,...
View ArticleToo Much Security? There’s No Such Thing
Retailers are retailers, not security experts. Too often, their best efforts can create friction at the point of sale for consumers, which leads to shopping cart abandonment and lost revenue, all while...
View ArticleWhat QSRs Can Learn From Stadium Concessions
Are you ready for some football? Not until you’ve got snacks and a beer in hand — a process that will cost you both a lot of money and time at any given sports stadium. The prices are what they are,...
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