01 Oct 15 @ 14:54

Its October the 1st. The deadline for US merchants to accept secure chip-enabled credit and debit cards,the US EMV migration, may take years for the conversion to be fully implemented. “Realistically,... read more

27 Aug 15 @ 14:04

Payment innovation in the retail industry is rapidly changing, driven by consumer adoption of mobile smart devices.  Because of recent well-publicized data breaches and payment card fraud, retailers have turned their... read more

25 Jun 15 @ 10:31

The percentage of fraudulent transactions occurring outside the UK in 2014 on UK debit cards rose 25% in a massive sample of cards studied by analytic software firm FICO. Cross border... read more

02 Jun 15 @ 17:35

“The fact that we didn’t go to PIN is such a joke,” says Mike Cook, Walmart’s assistant treasurer and a senior vice president, in reference to the USA’s current EMV... read more

23 Apr 15 @ 12:05

With a crucial deadline looming in 2015, the US payments industry will have only partially converted to the Europay-MasterCard-Visa (EMV) chip card standard by the end of that year. Indeed,... read more

07 Apr 15 @ 13:35

Ingenico Group and Intel Corporation have announced a collaboration to combine Intel technology and Ingenico Group secure payment acceptance for the Internet of Things. The companies will jointly develop a... read more

16 Mar 15 @ 16:21

The recent Card Fraud Report from Payments Cards & Mobile and Alaric, an NCR business, highlights the way that card fraud is always changing. In this webinar, David Divitt from... read more

13 Mar 15 @ 11:59

Experian has revealed that fraud detection rates have increased during the past year*, with around 50 frauds now being detected per 10,000 cases during Q4 2014 – compared to 40 frauds detected... read more

05 Feb 15 @ 11:49

The United States’ migration to EMV-standard Chip and PIN cards, and the growing demand for contactless technologies, defined a high-growth payment card market in 2014, according to the Smart Payment... read more

04 Feb 15 @ 12:09

EMV implementation is under way in the US, but only about half of the 12 million merchant payment terminals will be converted to accept more secure EMV smart credit and... read more

27 Jan 15 @ 12:55

According to the Retail Crime Survey, UK retailers have said that fraud increased by 12% year-on-year in 2013-14 and accounted for 37% of the total cost of crime during the... read more

23 Jan 15 @ 10:34

With only nine months until the EMV migration deadline, retail and technology professionals are still unprepared, according to a recent survey by ACI Worldwide. The survey of 200 retail industry... read more

24 Oct 14 @ 15:38

In a bid to speed up US EMV adoption in the wake of recent payment card breaches at retailers, President Obama has signed an executive order directing government agencies to shift to... read more

30 Sep 14 @ 12:32

According to figures released by Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK) card fraud and remote banking fraud increased during the first six months of 2014. The intelligence behind the figures... read more

29 Sep 14 @ 09:34

The rollout of chip and PIN credit cards could cost $8.6 billion or more. Some experts say it’s not worth it – that the technology is already obsolete, and that... read more

29 Jul 14 @ 11:16

A global fraud study of more than 6,100 consumers across 20 countries revealed distrust among global consumers in retailers to protect their data. However, the study also reveals that consumers... read more

24 Jun 14 @ 10:49

Fraud events make consumers afraid, and FIs see costly customer attrition as a result. With 1,367 confirmed data breaches in 2013, organized fraud rings innovating constantly, and consumers losing confidence... read more

11 Jun 14 @ 14:26

By the end of 2015, 70% of US credit cards and 41% of US debit cards will be EMV enabled, says Aite Group. In a new research report, EMV: Lessons... read more

28 Apr 14 @ 13:21

Tech start-up Ondot is the latest US company to come out of hibernation and is now pushing a CardControl app that allows users to control nearly every aspect of how their... read more

18 Mar 14 @ 09:52

The Target, Neiman Marcus, Michael’s Stores breach trifecta may have finally galvanized the US card payment industry to consider strongly EMV in the US. Too bad consumers are poised to change... read more