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The good news is that EMV is very effective at preventing the use of counterfeit credit/debit cards at the point of sale (POS), commonly referred to as card-present (CP) fraud.

In theory, all parties benefit when consumers have their choice of payment options, but the deluge of new technologies has led issuers to respond in ways that could create lasting frustration for consumers and merchants.

Visa is providing merchants with an online information and resource center to prepare for their transition to using chip-enabled credit and debit cards.

Because biometrics can't be reduced to a single hash (a number generated from a string of text), providers that store biometric information must rely on the security of their encryption keys for safekeeping of data that can't be revoked.

American Express has created a new cobrand credit card for consumers who shop through its Plenti loyalty program.

Discover Financial Services has promoted Julie Loeger to its chief marketing position for U.S. cards.

The Costco cobrand card was a huge win for Visa, but nevertheless the card network's chief executive, Charlie Scharf, found himself defending the terms of the partnership.

Corporate payment cards usually have sophisticated restrictions or controls designed to make unauthorized use difficult, if not impossible.

Another Bank of America executive has joined Novantas, a maker of financial-analytics software for banks.

Data security organizations have developed an EMV chip-card education program to help independent sales organizations and software vendors simplify testing and certification for their merchant clients.

Everlink Payment Services Inc. of Markham, Ontario, has introduced a new anti-fraud service that allows Interac debit card users to activate and deactivate their accounts for security.

Ironically, two current U.S. payment security initiatives – the EMV chip-card migration and the faster payments project – will prompt hackers to find new ways to compromise banking networks.

Millions of dollars spent on software upgrades are worth the hit to short-term profits, executives at the Buffalo bank said, because it will be able to run deeper credit profiles of borrowers.

No security offering can totally eliminate network data breaches, but fast detection can prevent a successful attack from becoming a large-scale disaster.

An advanced strain of malware is capable of attacking Windows point of sale terminals, stealing cardholder data and upgrading itself while hiding in plain sight.

Even with the card networks' U.S. EMV migration deadline half a year away, basic knowledge of EMV technology is still poor. Fime is addressing this concern by offering its expertise to American issuers such as credit unions and community banks, which may need additional knowledge but are reluctant to outsource their entire EMV project.

EMV will require new payment processes that, while seemingly small to those instituting the change, require a shift in behavior that could feel monumental to consumers.

Chief Executive Officer Ken Chenault is under pressure to demonstrate how Amex can recover from setbacks including the end of a partnership with Costco Wholesale Corp.

Reports that Target is close to paying MasterCard nearly $20 million to reimburse credit unions and banks for the costs associated with the retailer's 2013 data breach is not good enough for one CU trade group.

The number of merchants and vendors that care about addressing fraud and managing risk has decreased over the past year, as their attention drifts to the complexity of new payment systems.