Contrary to rampant misconception, we have not adopted the more secure chip and PIN payment standard in the United States that could address the rapid rise in online fraud. Leading up to last year’s ...

A chip and PIN card is a credit card that includes microchip technology and a personal identification number (PIN) to securely verify a cardholder during a transaction. The embedded microchip is ...

The days of swiping your credit card at the cash register are numbered, as a new nationwide plan to protect your private data from hackers starts to go into effect in Southern California. Credit card ...

TRI-CITIES, TN/VA (WJHL) – The National Retail Federation says in 2014, 87-million people shopped on Black Friday and they predict for this holiday shopping, sales will rise 3.7%. In 2013, the credit ...

A year after Brazilians started converting their signature-based cards to ones that use personal identification numbers, one company that has been involved in the switch, MasterCard International, ...

More U.S. issuers are committing to issuing EMV cards, commonly called chip-and-PIN for their primary security feature — but if you listen closely, you can hear the PIN drop. Processing Content On ...

Heidi Hansen, a U.S. Bank customer for nearly 10 years, had never seen anything like it. Her October bank statement contained a long string of unexpected 25 cent charges. Next to each was this ...

I love futuristic bank cards. In a world of hackers, poor cyber security and weak passwords, we need our bank cards (and banks) to do more to keep our money safe. Last year we revealed what Oberthur ...