magnetic stripe 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.

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  Goodbye Magnetic Stripe, Hello Security

  By Odysseas Papadimitriou  |  April 15, 2012

  Ever think about how tough it must’ve been to catch criminals in the Wild West, relying just on wanted posters and word of mouth?

• 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.

• Card Fraud Expert Pushes Case for Chip Cards

  By David Morrison  |  November 7, 2011

  CUNA Mutual's senior risk management consultant says now is the time.

• CUs Expect to Spend More On Fraud

  By David Morrison  |  August 22, 2011

  NAFCU poll finds credit unions spending an average of $165,000 each on card fraud prevention in 2010.

• Smart Chips and Smart Cards: Opportunity for Credit Unions in Multi-App World

  By Jim Schlegel  |  June 17, 2011

  Chip-based smart cards offer opportunity for credit unions while smartphones take a lead in challenging plastic.

• UNFCU First to Issue Chip and Pin Card

  By David Morrison  |  May 13, 2010

  The $3.1 billion United Nations Federal Credit Union has become the first financial institution in the U.S. to issue the sort of chip and pin credit card that members will be able to easily use both in the U.S. and overseas.