Does your credit card chip track your spending? Learn what data EMV chips actually store and how your purchase history stays ...

It has been ten months since the October 1, 2015 deadline for credit card companies and retailers to switch to smart chip EMV credit cards in order to avoid liability for fraudulent card use and now ...

Could the cost of preparing the U.S. retail market for EMV smart-card technology over the next few years create problems for some retailers, adding to their burden in an already fragile economy?

The U.S. migration to EMV is far away, but U.S. travelers' EMV options are growing close to home. Processing Content Fidelity National Information Services Inc., or FIS, on April 10 announced an ...

Whether you know it or not, you probably have an EMV card in your wallet. EMV cards, named for the joint development with Europay, MasterCard, and Visa, incorporate a computer chip into the physical ...

Explore the advanced tracking and espionage technology embedded in modern credit cards. Learn how this hidden tech works and what it means for your data.

EMV Security Standard Makes It Easier for Customers to Tap and Pay Cantaloupe reported a significant increase in the amount of EMV transactions at food and beverage vending machines. This growth, as ...

This is Part I of Retail TouchPoints’ payment update, a three-part report uncovering the latest developments in EMV, mobile payment and mobile POS. Part II, which will focus on developments in mobile ...

Dear Answer Man, my credit card company just sent me a card with a chip in it, apparently, but I have yet to see any store with a different type of card scanner. How does it make the card more secure?

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 ...

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 ...