chip technology

• EMV Adoption Charge Is Led by Credit Unions

  By David Morrison  |  August 27, 2012

  As credit unions learn more about new technology, they are some of the institutions leading the nation in the issuance of payment cards that use embedded computer chips to validate identity and secure transactions.

• Bank of America Moving Ahead With Smart Cards

  By David Morrison  |  July 24, 2012

  Big bank joins list of issuers offering EMV cards to cardholders who travel overseas often.

• Chip Association Launches Guidance Website

  By David Morrison  |  July 9, 2012

  New website to help better understand payment cards using chip technology.

• Business Case for EMV Chip: Carrot More Compelling Than Stick

  By Nebo Djurdjevic  |  May 14, 2012

  Potential business benefits of the EMV chip outweigh even its anti-fraud value.

• Chip Cards Hit the Million Mark, Says Visa

  By David Morrison  |  February 12, 2012

  Visa USA has reported that U.S. financial institutions have issued more than one million credit and debit cards that use information on embedded computer chips to validate transactions instead of magnetic stripe technology.

• Chip Cards Hit 1 Million in U.S., Visa Says

  By David Morrison  |  February 6, 2012

  Card brand says strong interest among large issuers and small.

• MasterCard Introduces Chip Card Plan

  By David Morrison  |  January 31, 2012

  Card brand joins rival Visa in planning EMV technology adoption for U.S. cards.

• Which Chip Technology is Right for Credit Unions?

  By Aris Jeharian  |  January 25, 2012

  Which type of EMV chip technology, chip-and-PIN or chip-and-signature, is best suited to support the country’s migration to EMV?

• EMV Chip Cards: Trickle That Will Become a Flood

  By John Postle  |  November 3, 2011

  JHA payment processing manager lays out why smart cards are inevitable import from Europe.

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  Certain Credit Union Members Are Prime Targets for EMV Cards

  By Mike Kelly  |  September 14, 2011

  Card security technology in the U.S. is like a spinning roulette wheel. No one knows exactly where the ball will land.