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• Visa Policies Further Complicate Debit Card Interchange Economics in the Post-Durbin Amendment World

  By David Morrison  |  April 10, 2013

  A new policy and fee structure from Visa are having a significant impact on the already complicated debit interchange market and, in some cases, are making that market more difficult for credit unions to navigate, according to payments executives.

• 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.

• Chip Association Launches Guidance Website

  By David Morrison  |  July 9, 2012

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

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  Smart Chips Still Slow to Catch on at U.S. CUs

  By David Morrison  |  September 14, 2011

  Despite the documented ability of smart chips to cut fraud losses, experts say some credit unions and CUSOs have not moved very quickly to start issuing credit and debit cards enabled with the higher tech chips.